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Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 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,

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Ezra 1:1

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 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,

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2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do
Mosiah 25 — The Great Gathering in Zarahemla — Three Records Read, the Mulekite Majority Numbered, Limhi's People Baptized by Alma, and Seven Churches Organized in the Land
2 Kings 25 — The Ember in the Ashes — the Last Siege of Jerusalem, the Burning of the House of the LORD, the Long Road to Babylon, and the Son of David Who Ate Bread at the King's Table
Ezra 3 — The Altar Before the House — Worship Rebuilt on the Old Base, and the Shout That Could Not Be Told from Weeping
Ezra 5 — The Word That Restarts the Work — Two Prophets, a Governor's Inquiry, and the Eye That Would Not Let Them Cease
Ezra 7 — The Heart Prepared — Ezra the Ready Scribe Goes Up, the King's Astonishing Letter, and the Fourfold Pattern of a Scripture-Hearted Life

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