daily reading 16.4 (Ezra 2:64–70)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023

Our opening prayer for this glorious Easter week:

At the Lamb’s high feast we sing
Praise to our victorious King,
Who has washed us in the tide
Flowing from his pierced side.
Alleluia!

Mighty victim from on high,
Hell’s fierce powers beneath you lie;
You have conquered in the fight,
You have brought us life and light:
Alleluia!

Now no more can death appall,
Now no more the grave entrall;
You have opened paradise,
And your saints in you shall rise.
Alleluia!

Easter triumph, Easter joy,
This alone can sin destroy;
From sin’s power, Lord, set us free,
Newborn souls in you to be.
Alleluia!
Father, who the crown shall give,
Savior, by whose death we live,
Spirit, guide through all our days,
Three in one, your name we praise.
Alleluia!

Ezra 2:64–70

  • The whole combined assembly numbered 42,360
  • 65 not including their 7,337 male and female servants, and their 200 male and female singers.
  • 66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
  • 67 435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
  • 68 After they arrived at the LORD's house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.
  • 69 Based on what they could give, they gave 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 priestly garments to the treasury for the project.
  • 70 The priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and some of the people settled in their towns, and the rest of Israel settled in their towns.
Helpful notes on Ezra 2:64–70






















For yourself pray:

  • That God makes you more generous in giving to him and to others, in Christ

For others pray:

  • That your church's approach to offerings, both gathering and giving, is filled with the Spirit of the risen Christ

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:


 


 

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