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Ezra
Chapter
6
1
Then Darius the king made a decree,
and
search was made in the house of the rolls,
where
the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
2
And there was found at Achmetha,
in
the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll,
and
therein was a record thus written:
3
In the first year of Cyrus the king
the
same Cyrus the king made a decree
concerning
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead at Jerusalem,
Let
the house be built,
the
place where they offered sacrifices,
and
let the foundations thereof be strongly laid.
The
height thereof threescore cubits,
and
the breadth thereof threescore cubits; 4
with
three rows of great stones,
and
a row of new timber
and
let the expenses be given out of the king's house 5
and
also let the golden and silver vessels
of
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple
which
is at Jerusalem,
and
brought unto Babylon, be restored,
and
brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem,
every
one to his place,
and
place them in the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
6
Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river,
Shetharboznai,
and
your companions the Apharsachites,
which
are beyond the river, be you far from there. 7
Let the work of this house of 'Elohiym/Godhead alone.
Let
the governor of the Jews
and
the elders of the Jews
build
this house of 'Elohiym/Godhead in his place.
8
Moreover I make a decree
what
you shall do to the elders of these Jews
for
the building of this house of 'Elohiym/Godhead
that
of the king's goods,
even
of the tribute beyond the river,
forthwith
expenses be given unto these men,
that
they be not hindered. 9~~
And
whatever is needed,
both
young bulls, rams, and lambs,
for
a burnt offering to 'Elohiym/Godhead of heaven,
also
wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil,
as
the priests in Jerusalem request it,
so
it shall be given to them daily without fail 10
that
they may offer sacrifices of sweet savors/smells
unto
'Elohiym/Godhead of heaven,
and
pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. 11
Also
I have made a decree,
that
whosoever shall alter this word,
let
timber be pulled down from his house,
and
being set up,
let
him be hanged thereon
and
let his house be made a dunghill for this.
12
And 'Elohiym/Godhead
Who
has caused His name to dwell there
destroy
all kings and people,
that
shall put to their hand to alter
and
to destroy this house of 'Elohiym/Godhead
which
is at Jerusalem.
I Darius have made a decree.
Let it be done with speed.
13
Then Tatnai,
governor
on this side the river,
Shetharboznai,
and their companions,
according
to that which Darius the king had sent,
so
they did speedily.
14
And the elders of the Jews built,
and
they prospered
through
the prophesying of Haggai the prophet
and
Zechariah the son of Iddo.
And
they built, and finished it,
according
to the commandment of 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
and
according to the commandment of Cyrus,
and
Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar,
which
was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
16
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites,
and
the rest of the children of the captivity,
kept
the dedication of this house of 'Elohiym/Godhead with joy, 17
and
offered at the dedication of this house of 'Elohiym/Godhead
an
hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs
and
for a sin offering for all Israel,
twelve
he goats,
according
to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18
And they set the priests in their divisions,
and
the Levites in their courses,
for
the service of 'Elohiym/Godhead, which is at Jerusalem . . .
as
it is written in the book of Moses.
19
And the children of the captivity
kept
the Passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
20
For the priests and the Levites were purified together,
all
of them were pure, and killed
the
Passover for all the children of the captivity,
and
for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
21
And the children of Israel,
which
were come again out of captivity,
and
all such as had separated themselves unto them
from
the filthiness of the heathen of the land,
to
seek Jehovah/God . . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel, did eat,
22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy . . .
for
Jehovah/God had made them joyful,
and
turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them,
to
strengthen their hands in the work
of
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel.
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