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SEPTUAGINT VERSION

IN ENGLISH.

VOL. II.

ESDRAS - MALACHIAS.

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Πολλαι μεν θνητοις Γλωτται, μια δ'αθανατοισιν.

M.DCCC.XLIV.

357 Greek

1844

Bible.O.T.

Rec. Jan. 14, 1875.

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1. AND in the first year of Cyrus | the house of the Lord, which Nabuchoca Commonly king of the Persians, that donosor had brought from Jerusalem,

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Book of Ezra. the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he issued a proclamation through all his kingdom, and that in writing, saying, 2 Thus said Cyrus king of the Persians, The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has given me a charge to build him a house in Jerusalem that is in Judea. 3 Who is there among you of all his people? for his God shall be with him, and he shall go up to Jerusalem that is in Judea, and let him build the house of the God of Israel, he is the God that is in Jerusalem. And let every Jew that is left go from every place where he sojourns, and the men of his + Gr. take him. place shall help him with silver, and gold, and goods, and cattle, together with the voluntary offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. Then the chiefs of the families of Juda and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, all whose spirit the Lord stirred up to go up to build the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem. And all that were round about strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with cattle, and with presents, be

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+ Hebrew word נִזְבֵּר

and put in the house of his god. And Cyrus king of the Persians brought them out by the hand of Mithradates the treasurer, and he numbered them to Sasabasar, the chief man of Juda. And this is their number: thirty gold basons, and a thousand silver basons, nine and twenty + changes, thirty + Heb. knives, golden goblets. 10 And four see Heb. hundred and ten double silver vessels, and a thousand other vessels. the gold and silver vessels were five thousand four hundred, even all that went up with Sasabasar from the place of transportation, from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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2. And these are the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city; who came with Zorobabel: Jesus, Neemias, Saraias, Reelias, Mardochæus, Balasan, Masphar, Baguai, Reum, Baana. The number of the people of Israel: the children of Phares, two thousand one hundred and seventy-two. 4 The children of Saphatia, three hundred and

sides the voluntary offerings. And seventy-two. The children of Ares, king Cyrus brought out the vessels of seven hundred and seventy-five. The

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