The Exiles Returned Home

Series: Kids Online Explorers 2024

The Exiles Returned Home

January 21, 2024

Passage: Ezra

God’s people, the Israelites, had been in a faraway land for 70 years. Now it was time to go back to Jerusalem. The king gave the people permission to return to Jerusalem and build a new temple for God. King Cyrus told the Israelites, “You may return to your homes. May God be with you.”
The people were eager to return to their homeland. All the family leaders and the priests prepared to go. Neighbors were kind and gave the Israelites animals, gold and silver, and many other things they could use. The king gave the people things to take for the temple.
Men, women, and children prepared for the journey to Jerusalem. When they arrived, the people gave offerings for the temple to be built. The people then found places to live.
After a while, the people built an altar where they could worship God. They celebrated with a festival for many days. The people gave money to the workers and food to neighboring people who would bring them wood for building.
Then the people began the work to build the temple. Everyone helped in some way.

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