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and that all those who went from Babylon to build the city should have free liberty, they as well as their posterity, and all the priests who went away.
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He wrote also concerning the charges and the priests' vestments wherein they minister;
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and likewise for the charges of the Levites to be given them until the day that the house was finished and Jerusalem built up.
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And he commanded to give to all who kept the city, land and wages.
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He sent away also all the vessels from Babylon that Cyrus had set apart; and all that Cyrus had given in commandment, the same charged he also to be done and sent unto Jerusalem.
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