Baruch 1:8-10
Good News Translation
8 On the tenth day of the month of Sivan, Baruch took the sacred utensils which had been carried away from the Temple and returned them to Judah. These were the silver utensils which Zedekiah son of King Josiah of Judah had ordered made 9 after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia had deported Jehoiachin, the rulers, the skilled workers,[a] the nobles, and the common people and had taken them from Jerusalem to Babylon.
A Letter to Jerusalem
10 The people wrote:
Please use the money we are sending you to buy animals for the burnt offerings and the sin offerings, to buy incense, and to provide the grain offerings. Offer them on the altar of the Lord our God,
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- Baruch 1:9 skilled workers; Greek prisoners.
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