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of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. And the God that hath caused his

name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE IS COMPLETED.

EZRA vi. 15.

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

THE GRATEFUL MEMORIAL OF THE CHILDREN OF THE CAPTIVITY.

EZRA vi. 16-22.

And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four. hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the

number of the tribes of Israel.

And they

set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. And the children

of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat, And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

IN GIVING EZRA FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF ARTAXERXES, AND OBTAINING

FROM

HIM FURTHER

FOR THE JEWS.

EZRA vii. 1, 6.

PRIVILEGES

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

EZRA'S GRATEFUL MEMORIAL OF

PRAISE

EZRA vii. 27, 28.

Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem: And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened

as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

IN PROTECTING EZRA AND HIS COMPANIONS, WHEN RETURNING FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM, WITH IMMENSE TREASURES, IN ANSWER TO PRAYER.

EZRA viii. 31, 32.

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. And we came to Jerusalem.

IN GRANTING TO NEHEMIAH FAVOUR IN THE SIGHT OF ARTAXERXES, AND PERMISSION TO REBUILD THE WALLS

JERUSALEM, IN ANSWER

OF
PRAYER.

NEH. ii. 1-8.

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And it came to pass in the month Nisan,

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