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1–3. Assistance of the ruler of Syria to the construction of the church. 4–9. Consecration of the church. 10–15. Celebration of Easter. 2Ezra 7:1 Then Sisinni, the ruler of Cole-Syria and Phenicia, and Safrabuzan and their companions, following the commandment of King Darius, 1. Ch. VII presents an exposition of 1 Escort VI13–22. 2 Ezra 7:2 They zealously set about the holy work, helping the elders and leaders of the Jews. 2Ezra 7:3 And the holy work went on successfully under the prophecies of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. 2Ezra 7:4 And they did everything according to the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and according to the will of Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes kings of Persia. 2Ezra 7:5 The holy house was finished on the twenty-third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of King Darius. 5. In 1Ezra VI15, the end of the church appears to be the 3rd day of the month of Adar. 2Ezra 7:6 And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest that came back from captivity, who were appointed, did according to all that was written in the book of Moses. 2Ezra 7:7 And they sacrificed for the renovation of the church of the Lord one hundred oxen, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, 2Ezra 7:8 twelve goats for the sins of all Israel, according to the number of the twelve tribes of Israel. 8. The Greek text in the first half of the verse is unclear; In the Russian text the translation is free. 2Ezra 7:9 And the priests and the Levites stood by the tribes, in vestments, in keeping with the works of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses, and the gatekeepers at every gate. 9 . Art. 9 is different from parallel. 1Ed VI16. 2Ezra 7:10 And the children of Israel, who had returned from captivity, kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, when the priests and Levites were purified together, 2 Ezra 7:11 and all the children of captivity, because they were purified; for the Levites were all purified together. 11. The idea of ​​the verse is unclear. It is possible that the text of the verse is corrupted. The words because they were cleansed (ότι ήγνίσόθησαν) are not in hand. 58, 71; for the Levites, who were all purified together (ότι οί λευίται άμα πάντες ήγνίσθησαν) are also absent from the handicraft. 52, 64, 74, 106, 119, 120, 121, 134, 276, 278. Thus, from Art. 11 only the words remain: and all the sons of captivity, which could conveniently be connected with Art. 10. In sir. Ancient Latin, Vulg. and handicraft 55, 19, 108 instead of ότι ήγνίσθησαν (because they were cleansed) it reads ούχ ήγνισθ, “they were not cleansed.” 2Ezra 7:12 And they killed the Passover lambs for all the children of captivity, for their brethren, the priests, and for themselves. 2Ezra 7:13 And the children of Israel, which returned from captivity, did eat, all who, having escaped from the abominations of the nations of the earth, sought the Lord. 2Ezra 7:14 And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days, rejoicing before the Lord, 2 Ezra 7:15 that He turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the Lord God of Israel. 15. King of Assyria, i.e. Darius, who owned the territory of the Assyrian kingdom, memorable to the Jews. Justin Much. in a conversation with the Jew Tryphon, he cites, among other things, the following passage from the book. Ezra, allegedly released deliberately by the Jews: “And Ezra said to the people: This Passover is our Savior and our refuge. And if you think and enter into our hearts, that we have to humiliate Him for a sign, and then we will trust in Him, then this place will not be desolate forever, said the God of armies; if you do not believe in Him and do not obey His preaching, then you will be a laughing stock for the nations” (chapter 72 according to Preobrazhensky’s translation). If the words cited by Justin were ever in the text of the book. Ezra, then they were probably located precisely in 2Ezra VII. However, undoubtedly, these words could only have been inserted by some Christian copyist. Undoubtedly, they are not authentic, both because they are not in any manuscript of 2 Rides and Josephus, and because they contradict known facts: Ezra could not participate in the Passover holiday described in 1 Rides VI and 2 Rides 7, since it was before his arrival.