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IN 457 B.C., OVER 50 YEARS LATER,
ANOTHER KING SITS ON THE THRONE
OF PERSIA – ARTAXERXES. HIS
FATHER, XERXES, HAD MA IED QUN
ESTHER AND THIS NO DOUBT MADE HIM
MORE FAVORABLE TO THE JEWS.

HE SENDS EZRA, A PRIEST
AND TEACHER, TO LEAD A
SECOND RETURN OF 5,000
JEWS TO JERUSALEM.
GIVE THIS LE ER TO
EZRA AS WE AS A
THE MONEY THEY WI YOU ARE SENT BY THE
N D TO FINISH THE KING AND HIS SEVEN
TEMPLE AND PROVIDE ADVISERS TO INQUIRE TAKE WITH YOU THE
BURNT O ERINGS. IN REGARDS THE LAW SILVER AND GOLD THE
OF YOUR GOD.
KING AND ADVISORS
FR LY GIVE TO THE
GOD OF ISRAEL;
WHOSE DWE ING IS
IN JERUSALEM.
AOINT THOSE WHO
WI ADMINISTER
JUSTICE TO THE
PEOPLE – SO A
WI KNOW THE LAWS
OF YOUR GOD.

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