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Ezra 6 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Darius Finds Cyrus's Decree

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in the [fn]archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - In [fn]Ecbatana in the fortress, which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: “Memorandum—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - “In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the [fn]temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be [fn]retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - with three layers of huge stones and [fn]one layer of timbers. And let the cost be paid from the [fn]royal treasury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - ‘Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and [fn]brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6 - “Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the [fn]River, Shethar-bozenai and [fn]your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the [fn]River, [fn]keep away from there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:7 - “Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - “Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - “Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - that they may offer [fn]acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:11 - “And I issued a decree that any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - “May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who [fn]attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!”

The Temple Completed and Dedicated

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - And the elders of the Jews [fn]were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And [fn]they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - This [fn]temple was completed [fn]on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:16 - And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the [fn]exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:17 - They offered for the dedication of this temple of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:18 - Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God [fn]in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

The Passover Observed

(cf. Deu 16:1–8 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:19 - The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:20 - For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - The sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate the Passover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to [fn]encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
See the NASB95 Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: house of the books
Aram Achmetha
Literally: house
Or, fixed, laid
So Gr; Aram a layer of new timber
Literally: king's house
Literally: go
I.e. Euphrates River, and so throughout the chapter
Aram their
Literally: be distant
Literally: pleasing; or sweet-smelling sacrifices
Literally: sends his hand
Literally: were building and succeeding
Literally: built and finished
Literally: house
Literally: until
Literally: sons of the captivity
Literally: which is in
Literally: strengthen their hands
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