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1 Esdras 2:1-2
Revised Standard Version
1 Esdras 2:1-2
Revised Standard Version
Cyrus Permits the Exiles to Return
2 In the first year of Cyrus as king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, 2 the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians, and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
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