But the eye: Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:28, Ezra 8:22; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalms 32:8, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 34:15, Psalms 76:10; Philippians 1:28; 1 Peter 3:12
that they: Psalms 129:2-5
then they returned: Ezra 6:6-12
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Ezra 5:5
Ezra 5:5
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