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Monday, March 24, 2014

The Exiles Who Returned Rebuilds The Temple



Ezra 2:1-70 NIV






The List of the Exiles Who Returned





1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town, 2in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah):




The list of the men of the people of Israel:

3the descendants of Parosh
2,172
4of Shephatiah
372
5of Arah
775
6of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab)
2,812
7of Elam
1,254
8of Zattu
945
9of Zakkai
760
10of Bani
642
11of Bebai
623
12of Azgad
1,222
13of Adonikam
666
14of Bigvai
2,056
15of Adin
454
16of Ater (through Hezekiah)
98
17of Bezai
323
18of Jorah
112
19of Hashum
223
20of Gibbar
95
21the men of Bethlehem
123
22of Netophah
56
23of Anathoth
128
24of Azmaveth
42
25of Kiriath Jearim,a Kephirah and Beeroth
743
26of Ramah and Geba
621
27of Mikmash
122
28of Bethel and Ai
223
29of Nebo
52
30of Magbish
156
31of the other Elam
1,254
32of Harim
320
33of Lod, Hadid and Ono
725
34of Jericho
345
35of Senaah
3,630


36The priests:

the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua)
973
37of Immer
1,052
38of Pashhur
1,247
39of Harim
1,017


40The Levites:

the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah)
74

41The musicians:

the descendants of Asaph
128


42The gatekeepers of the Temple:

the descendants of
Shallum, Ater, Talmon,
Akkub, Hatita and Shobai
139


43The Temple servants:

the descendants of
Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,
44Keros, Siaha, Padon,
45Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
46Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
47Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
48Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
49Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
50Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim,
51Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
52Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
53Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
54Neziah and Hatipha


55The descendants of the servants of Solomon:

the descendants of
Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,
56Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
57Shephatiah, Hattil,
Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
58The Temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon
392


59The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:

60The descendants of
Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda
652

61And from among the priests:


The descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).


62These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.


64The whole company numbered 42,360, 65besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.


68When they arrived at the House of The Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the House of GOD on its site. 69According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 daricsb of gold, 5,000 minasc of silver and 100 priestly garments.


70The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the Temple servants settled in their own towns, 





along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.



 


Ezra 3:1-13 NIV





Rebuilding the Altar




1When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem. 2Then Joshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates began to build the altar of the GOD of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, in accordance with what is written in the Law of Moses the man of GOD. 3Despite their fear of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to The LORD, both the morning and evening sacrifices. 




 4Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day. 5After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings, the New Moon sacrifices and the sacrifices for all the appointed sacred festivals of The LORD, as well as those brought as freewill offerings to The LORD. 6On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to The LORD, though the foundation of The LORD’s Temple had not yet been laid.




Rebuilding the Temple




7Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.


8In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of GOD in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to supervise the building of the house of The LORD. 9Joshua and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviaha ) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together in supervising those working on the House of GOD.


10When the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of The Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise The LORD, as prescribed by David king of Israel.  


 

11With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the LORD:


“HE Is Good;
His Love toward Israel Endures Forever.”


And all the people gave a great shout of praise to The LORD, because the foundation of the House of The LORD was laid. 12But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former Temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this Temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.










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