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§ The Book of Ezra

-§ from the Young's Literal Translation

| Translated by Robert Young (1822-1888)

3 This book describes the return of Israelites from exile in Babylon. One
group returns to rebuild the Temple and restore the worship of The
y> LORD, while the second group, led by the priest and scribe Ezra, returns
|° to re-establish Mosaic law to the Israelite community. The Books of
£ Ezra and Nehemiah were once considered one book. (Introduction by
Mark Penfold]

Young's Literal Translation is a translation of the Bible into English,
published in 1862. The translation was made by Robert Young,
compiler of Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible and Concise
Critical Comments on the New Testament. Young produced a "Revised
Version" of the translation in 1887. After he died on October 14, 1888,
the publisher in 1898 released a new Revised Edition. (Summary from
^ Wikipedia]

^ Read by Mark Penfold; total running time: 00:46:22. Dedicated Proof-
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