jan 1, 538 BC - Cyrus's edict

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Cyrus declares Jews released
"All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven, has given to me, and he has also charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever, therefore, among you belongs to any part of his people, let him go up, and may his God be with him!...."

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