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First Return From Exile and Rebuilding the Temple (1:1-6:22)

1. The First to Return, Ezra 1:1-2:70
   1. The Edict of Cyrus (1:1-4)
   2. The Return Under Sheshbazzar (1:5-11)
   3. Those Who Returned (2:1-70)
2. Rebuilding the Altar and the Temple, Ezra 3:1-13
   1. The Rebuilding of the Altar (3:1-3)
   2. The Feast of Tabernacles (3:4-6)
   3. The Beginning of Temple Reconstruction (3:7-13)
3. Opposition to Rebuilding, Ezra 4:1-24
   1. Opposition During Cyrus' Reign (4:1-5)
   2. Opposition During Xerxes' Reign (4:6)
   3. Opposition During Artaxerxes Reign (4:7-24)
4. The Temple is Completed, Ezra 5:1-6:23
   1. Prophets in Jerusalem and Judah (5:1-5)
   2. Why We Are Rebuilding the Temple (5:6-17)
   3. God's Name Dwells There (6:1-12)
   4. Dedicating God's House (6:13-23)

Ezra's Return and Reforms (7:1-10:44)

5. Ezra and the Second Group Returns, Ezra 7:1-8:36
   1. Ezra Devoted Himself (7:1-10)
   2. In Accordance with the Wisdom of God (7:11-28)
   3. The Second Group Returns to Jerusalem (8:1-36)
6. You Have Punished Us Less Than Our Sins Deserve, Ezra 9:1-10:44
   1. Ezra Confesses Judah's New Sin (9:1-15)
   2. The People Repent (10:1-17)
   3. The Beginning of Temple Reconstruction (10:7-44)