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Podcast: The Amazing Bible. Book Club
Episode: Ezra - Chapters 1-4a
Description: The book of Ezra begins in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia who made an edict that the Jews could go back to Jerusalem and rebuild it and the temple. This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah (and Isaiah) that the exile would come to an end in seventy years. Jews came from all over the land, plus, Cyrus requested that they be given gold, silver, goods, livestock, and freewill offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem. The first order of business was to build the altar, and then they gave sacrifices, even though the...