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Ezra 6 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Decree of Darius
Darius Confirms the Decree of Cyrus

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - And at Achmetha,[fn] in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written thus:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: “Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid from the king’s treasury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - Also let the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God”—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6 - Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and your companions the Persians who are beyond the River, keep yourselves far from there.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - Moreover I issue a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God: Let the cost be paid at the king’s expense from taxes on the region beyond the River; this is to be given immediately to these men, so that they are not hindered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - And whatever they need—young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the request of the priests who are in Jerusalem—let it be given them day by day without fail,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - that they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma 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 - Also I issue a decree that whoever alters this edict, let a timber be pulled from his house and erected, and let him be hanged on it; and let his house be made a refuse heap because of this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - And may the God who causes His name to dwell there destroy any king or people who put their hand to alter it, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius issue a decree; let it be done diligently.
The Temple Completed and Dedicated

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - So 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 the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:16 - Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:17 - And they offered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:18 - They assigned the priests to their divisions and the Levites to their divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.
The Passover Celebrated
(cf. Deut. 16:1–8 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:19 - And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:20 - For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves; all of them were ritually clean. And they slaughtered the Passover lambs for all the descendants of the captivity, for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - Then the children of Israel who had returned from the captivity ate together with all who had separated themselves from the filth of the nations of the land in order to seek the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the LORD made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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NKJV Footnotes
Literally house of the scrolls
Probably Ecbatana, the ancient capital of Media
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