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Ezra 1:7-11

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Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Return

7King Cyrus himself brought out the articles that King Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his own gods. 8Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah. 9This is a list of the items that were returned: gold basins 30silver basins 1,000silver incense burners 29

11In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought all of these along when the exiles went from Babylon to Jerusalem.

10gold bowls 30silver bowls 410other items 1,000

Ezra 1:7-11 (NLT)

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