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Ezra 7:9
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up (note: He was the foundation of the going up) from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.