Bible in a Year.

On day 267, Ezra 1-2 recounts the return of the Jewish people from exile and the organization to rebuild the temple. Haggai 1-2 encourages prioritizing God's work over personal interests. Proverbs 20:1-3 warns against alcohol abuse and the importance of discipline, reminding us of the wisdom needed to conduct life and community.

Chapter 1

1. In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:

2. Thus saith Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord the God of heaven hath given to me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judea.

3. Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him. Let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Jndert, and build the house of the Lord the God of Israel: he is the God that is in Jerusalem.

4. And let all the restin all places wheresoever they dwell, help him every man from his place. with silver and gold, and goods, and cattle, besides that which they offer freely to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem.

5. Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Juda and Benjamin, and the priests, and Levites, and every one whose spirit God had raised up, to go up to build the temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem.

6. And all they that were round about, helped their hands with vessels of silver, and gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with furniture, besides what they had offered on their own accord.

7. And king Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which Nabuchodonosor had taken from Jerusalem, and had put them in the temple of his god.

8. Now Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithridates the son of Gazabar, and numbered them to Sassabasar the prince of Juda.

9. And this is the number of them: thirty bowls of gold, a thousand bowls of silver, nine and twenty knives, thirty cups of gold,

10. Silver cups of a second sort, four hundred and ten: other vessels a thousand.

11. All the vessels of gold and silver, five thousand four hundred: all these Sassabasar brought with them that came up from the captivity of Babylon to Jerusalem.

Chapter 2

1. Now these are the children of the province, that went out of the captivity, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juda, every man to his city.

2. Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

3. The children of Pharos two thousand one hundred seventy-two.

4. The children of Sephatia, three hundred seventy-two.

5. The children of Area, seven hundred seventy-five.

6. The children of Phahath Moab, of the children of Josue: Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve.

7. The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.

8. The children of Zethua, nine hundred forty-five.

9. The children of Zachai, seven hundred sixty.

10. The children of Bani, six hundred forty-two.

11. The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty-three.

12. The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty-two.

13. The children of Adonicam, six hundred sixty-six.

14. The children of Beguai, two thousand fifty-six.

15. The children of Adin, four hundred fifty-four.

16. The children of Ather, who were of Ezechias, ninety-eight.

17. The children of Besai, three hundred and twenty-three.

18. The children of Jora, a hundred and twelve.

19. The children of Hasum, two hundred twenty-three.

20. The children of Gebbar, ninety-five.

21. The children of Bethlehem, a hundred twenty-three.

22. The men of Netupha, fifty-six.

23. The men of Anathoth, a hundred twenty-eight.

24. The children of Azmaveth, forty-two.

25. The children of Cariathiarim, Cephira, and Beroth, seven hundred forty-three.

26. The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred twenty-one.

27. The men of Machmas, a hundred twenty-two.

28. The men of Bethel and Hai, two hundred twenty-three.

29. The children of Nebo, fifty-two.

30. The children of Megbis, a hundred fifty-six.

31. The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty-four.

32. The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

33. The children of Lod, Hadid and One, seven hundred twenty-five.

34. The children of Jericho, three hundred forty-five.

35. The children of Senaa, three thousand six hundred thirty.

36. The priests: the children of Jadaia of the house of Josue, nine hundred seventy-three.

37. The children of Emmer, a thousand fifty-two.

38. The children of Pheshur, a thousand two hundred forty-seven.

39. The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen.

40. The Levites: the children of Josue and of Cedmihel, the children of Odovia, seventy-four.

41. The singing men: the children of Asaph, a hundred twenty-eight.

42. The children of the porters: the children of Sellum, the children of Ater, the children of Telmon, the children of Accub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sobai: in all a hundred thirty-nine.

43. The Nathinites: the children of Siha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,

44. The children of Ceros, the children of Sia, the children of Phadon,

45. The children of Lebana, the children of Hegaba, the children of Accub,

46. The children of Hagab, the children of Semlai, the children of Hanan,

47. The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of Raaia,

48. The children of Basin, the children of Necoda, the children of Gazam,

49. The children of Asa, the children of Phasea, the children of Besee,

50. The children of Asena, the children of Munim, the children of Nephusim,

51. The children of Bacbuc, the children of Hacupha, the children of Harhur,

52. The children of Besluth, the children of Mahida, the children of Harsa,

53. The children of Bercos, the children of Sisara, the children of Thema,

54. The children of Nasia, the children of Hatipha,

55. The children of the servants of Solomon, the children of Sotai, the children of Sopheret, the children of Pharuda,

56. The children of Jala, the children of Dercon, the children of Geddel,

57. The children of Saphatia, the children of Hatil, the children of Phochereth, which were of Asebaim, the children of Ami,

58. All the Nathinites, and the children of the servants of Solomon, three hundred ninety-two.

59. And these are they that came up from Thelmela, Thelharsa, Cherub, and Adon, and Emer. And they could not shew the house of their fathers and their seed, whether they were of Israel.

60. The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred fifty-two.

61. And of the children of the priests: the children of Hobia, the children of Accos, the children of Berzellai, who took a wife of the daughters of Berzellai, the Galaadite, and was called by their name:

62. These sought the writing of their genealogy, and found it not, and they were cast out of the priesthood.

63. And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect.

64. All the multitudes as one man, were forty-two thousand three hundred and sixty:

65. Besides their menservants, and womenservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven : and among them singing men, and singing women two hundred.

66. Their horses seven hundred thirty- six, their mules two hundred forty-five,

67. Their camels four hundred thirty-five, their asses six thousand seven hundred and twenty.

68. And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the temple of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem, offered freely to the house of the Lord to build it in its place.

69. According to their ability, they gave towards the expenses of the work, sixty- one thousand solids of gold, five thousand pounds of silver, and a hundred garments for the priests.

70. So the priests and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singing men, and the porters, and the Nathinites dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

Chapter 1

1. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, saying:

2. Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord.

3. And the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:

4. Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?

5. And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways.

6. You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.

7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set Your hearts upon your ways:

8. Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.

9. You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house.

10. Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:

11. And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and upon all that the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon beasts, and upon all the labour of the hands.

12. Then Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and all the remnant of the people hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, and to the words of Aggeus the prophet, as the Lord their God sent him to them: and the people feared before the Lord.

13. And Aggeus the messenger of the Lord, as one of the messengers of the Lord, spoke, saying to the people: I am with you, saith the Lord.

14. And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zorobabel the son of Salathiel governor of Juda, and the spirit of Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and the spirit of all the rest of the people: and they went in, and did the work in the house of the Lord of hosts their God.

Chapter 2

1. In the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king, they began.

2. And in the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Aggeus the prophet, saying:

3. Speak to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel the governor of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and to the rest of the people, saying:

4. Who is left among you, that saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in comparison to that as nothing in your eyes?

5. Yet now take courage, O Zorobabel, saith the Lord, and take courage, O Jesus the son of Josedec the high priest, and take courage, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord of hosts: and perform (for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts)

6. The word that I covenanted with you when you came out of the land of Egypt: and my spirit shall be in the midst of you: fear not.

7. For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.

8. And I will move all nations: AND THE DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS SHALL COME: and I will fill this house with glory: saith the Lord of hosts.

9. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

10. Great shall be the glory of this last house more than of the first, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

11. In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came to Aggeus the prophet, saying:

12. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests the law, saying:

13. If a man carry sanctified flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touch with his skirt, bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat: shall it be sanctified? And the priests answered, and said: No.

14. And Aggeus said: If one that is unclean by occasion of a soul touch any of all these things, shall it be defiled? And the priests answered, and said: It shall be defiled.

15. And Aggeus answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled.

16. And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord.

17. When you went to a heap of twenty bushels, and they became ten: and you went into the press, to press out fifty vessels, and they became twenty.

18. I struck you with a blasting wind, and all the works of your hand with the mildew and with hail, yet there was none among you that returned to me, saith the Lord.

19. Set your hearts from this day, and henceforward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month: from the day that the foundations of the temple of the Lord were laid, and lay it up in your hearts.

20. Is the seed as yet sprung up? or hath the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree as yet flourished? from this day I will bless you.

21. And the word of the Lord came a second time to Aggeus in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying:

22. Speak to Zorobabel the governor of Juda, saying: I will move both heaven and earth.

23. And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and will destroy the strength of the kingdom of the Gentiles: and I will overthrow the chariot, and him that rideth therein: and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

24. In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take thee, O Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet, for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

1. Wine is a luxurious thing, and drunkenness riotous: whosoever is delighted therewith shell not be wise.

2. As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

3. It is an honour for a man to separate himself from quarrels: but all fools are meddling with reproaches.