The Poor Are People Too

“And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.  For there were that said, ‘We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.’  Some also there were that said, ‘We have mortgaged our lands, …

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That The Word Of The LORD… Might Be Fullfilled

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,  “Thus saith Cyrus …

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Some of Them Came Home

And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.  And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts.  For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and …

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