daily reading 19.1 (Ezra 6:13–18)

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

Our opening prayer for this Easter week:

Christ be my leader by night as by day;
Safe through the darkness for he is the way.
Gladly I follow, my future his care,
Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there.

Christ be my teacher in age as in youth,
Drifting or doubting for he is the truth.
Grant me to trust him; though shifting as sand,
Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand.

Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife;
Death cannot hold me, for he is the life.
Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain
Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign. Amen.

Ezra 6:13–18

  • Then Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed. 14 So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and King Artaxerxes of Persia.
  • 15 This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
  • 16 Then the Israelites, including the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. 
  • 17 For the dedication of God's house they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, and four hundred lambs, as well as twelve male goats as a sin offering for all Israel—one for each Israelite tribe. 18 They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the book of Moses.
Helpful notes on Ezra 6:13–18



For yourself pray:

  • That God gives you joy today in Christ (the ultimate) and in his church (the temple of God on earth) 

For others pray:

  • That God gives your congregation grace and energy by his Spirit to complete whatever project you have been working on together for a long time 

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:


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