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[[File:Ezra Reads the Law to the People.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Ezra]] Reads the Law to the People by Gustave Doré, 1866]]
[[File:Ezra Reads the Law to the People.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|[[Ezra]] Reads the Law to the People by Gustave Doré, 1866]]
'''Ezra''' forms a unit with the book [[Nehemiah (Biblical book)|Nehemiah]]. Parts of the book are written in [[Hebrew]] and the rest in Aramaic. The biblical book describes how the Jews returned to [[Babylon]] and created a Temple there. The construction of the temple was financed by Persian king [[Darius I]].
'''Ezra''' forms a unit with the book [[Nehemiah (Biblical book)|Nehemiah]]. Parts of the book are written in [[Hebrew]] and the rest in Aramaic. The biblical book describes how the Jews returned to [[Babylon]] and created a Temple there. The construction of the temple was financed by Persian king [[Darius I]].
== Ezra and prophetic fulfillment ==
''See also:'' [[Bible prophesy]]
The prophet Jeremiah had [[Bible prophecy|prophesied]] a 70-year exile in Babylon (Jeremiah 25:11-12; 29:10). The Book of Extra in Ezra 1:1 announces the fulfilling of that prophetic word.<ref>[https://enterthebible.org/courses/ezra/lessons/theological-themes-in-ezra Theological Themes in Ezra]</ref>
==See also==
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