Ezra 1:5 meaning and explanation
So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
Ezra 1:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra opens with Persia's king Cyrus releasing the exiles, and verse 5 shows the response within the community itself. The family heads of Judah and Benjamin, the tribes that made up the southern kingdom, together with the priests and Levites, are the first to act.
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