August 2 (Ezra 1–2; Psalm 29; Mark 8)

Through the ESV Bible in a Year with Ray Ortlund

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 2 August 2025

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0:00.0	A reading from the book of Ezra.
0:05.0	In the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of
0:09.6	Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, King of Persia, so that
0:15.9	he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing.
0:27.8	Thus says Cyrus, King of Persia, the Lord the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
0:35.2	Whoever is among you of all his people, may his God be with him,
0:40.1	and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of
0:45.9	Israel. He is the God who is in Jerusalem. And let each survivor, in whatever place he sojourns,
0:53.8	be assisted by the men of his place with
0:57.0	silver and gold, with goods and with beasts, besides free will offerings, for the house of God
1:03.3	that is in Jerusalem. Then rose up the heads of the Father's houses of Judah and Benjamin,
1:10.2	and the priests and the Levites,
1:12.2	everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem.
1:19.3	And all who were about them aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts,
1:25.7	and with costly wares besides all that was freely offered.
1:30.3	Cyrus the king also brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord that Nebuchadnezzar
1:35.3	had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the house of his gods.
1:40.3	Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of Mithradath, the treasurer,
1:45.2	who counted them out to Sheshpazar, the Prince of Judah.
1:49.4	And this was the number of them.
1:51.7	Thirty basins of gold, one thousand basins of silver,
1:56.1	29 censors, 30 bowls of gold,
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