Esther/Ezra
ESTHER

Esther   8:17   "And  in  every  province,  and  in  every  city,
whithersoever  the  king's commandment and his decree  came,  the
Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day.  And many from
among  the peoples of the land became Jews;  for the fear of  the
Jews was fallen upon them."

Esther   9:30   "And he sent letters unto all the  Jews,  to  the
hundred  twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of  Ahasuerus,
with words of peace and truth."

                      EZRA


Ezra  1:2-3  "Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia:   All the kingdoms
of the earth hath the Lord,  the God of heaven,  given me; and He
hath  chargedme to build Him a house in Jerusalem,  which  is  in
Judah."

Ezra   1:3   "Whosoever  there is among you of all  His  people--
hisGod  be  with him--let him go up to  Jerusalem,  which  is  in
Judah,  and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel, He is
the God who is in Jerusalem."

Ezra 1:5  "Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah
and Benjamin,  and the priests,  and the Levites,  even all whose
spirit  God  had stirred to go up to build the house of the  Lord
which is in Jerusalem."

Ezra   2:64  "The whole congregation together was forty  and  two
thousand three hundred and threescore,"

Ezra  6:2-10  "And there was found at Ahmetha, in the palace that
is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thuswritten,
"A record."

Ezra   6:3   "In the firstyear of Cyrus the king,  Cyrus the  the
king  made a decree:   Concerning the house of God at  Jerusalem,
let the house be builded, the palace where they offer sacrifices,
and  let  the foundations thereof be strongly  laid;  the  height
thereof threescore cubits, and breadth thereof threescore cubits."

Ezra   6:4  "with three rows of great stones,  and a row  of  new
timber, and let the expenses be given out of the king's house;"

Ezra  6:5  "and also let the gold and silver vessels of the house
of  God,  which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which
is  at Jerusalem,  and brought unto  Babylon,  be  restored,  and
brought back unto the temple which at Jerusalem, every one to its
place, and thou shalt put them in the house of God."

Ezra   6:6  "Now thereof,  Tattenai,  governor beyond the  River,
Shethar-bozenai,  and your companions the Apharesachites, who are
beyond the river, be ye far from thence;"

Ezra   6:7   "let the work of this house of God  alone;  let  the
governor  of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house
of God in its place."

Ezra  6:8  "Moreover I make a decree concerning what ye shall  do
to  these  elders of the Jews for the building of this  house  of
God;  that  of the kings' goods,  even of the tribute beyond  the
River,  expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that
they be not hindred."

Ezra   6:9   "And  that  which they  have  need  of,  both  young
bullocks,  and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of
heaven,  wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the
priests  that are at Jerusalem,  let it be given them day by  day
without fail;"

Ezra   6:10  "that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto
the God of heaven,  and pray for the life of the king, and of his
sons."

Ezra  6:14   "And the elders of the Jews builded  and  prospered,
through  the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah  the
son of Iddo."

Ezra  6:17-18  "And they offered at the dedication of this  house
of God a hundred bullocks,  two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;
and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according
to the number of the tribes of Israel."

Ezra  6:18  "And they set the priests in their divisions, and the
Levites  in their courses,  for the service of God,  which is  at
Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses."

Ezra  7:1-5  "Now after these things,  in the reign of Artaxerxes
king of Persia,  Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the
son of Hilkiah,"

Ezra   7:2   "the son of Shallum,  the son of Zodak,  the son  of
Ahitub,"

Ezra  7:3  "the son of Amariah,  the son of Azariah,  the son  of
Meraioth, "      

Ezra   7:4   "the son of Zerahiah,  the son of Uzzi,  the son  of
Bukki,"

Ezra  7:5  "the son of Abishua,  the son of Phinehas,  the son of
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest--"

Ezra  7:12-13  "Artaxerxes,  king of kings, unto Ezra the priest,
the scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven,  and so  forth.   And
now"

Ezra   7:13   "I make a decree,  that all they of the  people  of
Israel,  and their priests of the Levites,  in my realm, that are
minded of their own free will to go with thee to Jerusalem, go."

Ezra   7:20  "And whatsoever more shall be needful for the  house
of thy God,  which thou shalt have occasion to bestow,  bestow it
out of the king's treasure-house."

Ezra  5:14-15  "And the gold and silver vessels also of the house
of  God,  which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in
Jersalem,  and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did
Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon,  and they  were
delivered  unto one whose name was Sheshbazzar,  whom he had made
governor."

Ezra  5:15  "and he said unto him,  'Take these vessels,  go, put
them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God
be builded in its place."

Ezra  7:23  "Whatsoever is commanded by the God of Heaven, let it
be  done  exactly for the house of the God  of  heaven;  for  why
should  there  be  wrath against the realm of the  king  and  his
sons?"

Ezra   8:1-21   "Again careful geneology.   Which Jews today  can
tract their geneology to the Jews of that day."  

Ezra  9:1-2  "Now when these things were done,  the princes  drew
near unto me,  saying, 'The people of Israel, and the priests and
the  Levites,  have not separated themselves from the peoples  of
the  lands,  doing according to their abominations,  even of  the
Canaanites,  the  Hittites,  the Perizzites,  the Jebusites,  the
Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptains, and the Amorites."

Ezra  9:2  "For they have taken of their daughters for themselves
and for their sons; so that the holy seed have mingled themselves
with the peoples of the lands;  yea,  the hand of the princes and
rulers hath been first in this faithlessness."

Ezra  9:10  "And now,  O our God,  what shall we say after  this?
for we have forsaken Thy commandments,"

Ezra   9:12   "Now therefore give not your daughters  unto  their
sons,  neither take their daughters unto yoursons, nor seek their
peace or their prosperity forever;  that ye may be strong and eat
the  good  of the land,  and leave it for an inheritance to  your
children for ever."

Ezra  9:15  "O Lord,  the God of Israel,  Thou art righteous; for
we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day; behold,
we are before thee in our guiltiness;  for none can stand  before
Thee because of this."

Ezra   10:9   "Then  all the men of Judah and  Benjamin  gathered
themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days;  it was
the ninth month; and all the people sat in the broad place before
the house of God,  trembling because of this matter,  and for the
great rain."

Ezra   10:11  "Now therefore make confession unto the  Lord,  the
God of your fathers, and do His pleasure; and separate yourselves
from the peoples of the land, and from the forgien women."

Ezra  10:16  "And the children of the captivity did so.  And Ezra
the  priest,  with certain heads of fathers' houses,  and all  of
them  by their names,  were separated;  and they sat down in  the
first day of the tenth month to examine the matter."