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Ezra 6 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:1 - Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:2 - and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it is:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:3 - 'In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:4 - three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new wood, and the outlay let be given out of the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:5 - 'And also, the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple that is in Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, let be given back, and go to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place, and put them down in the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:6 - 'Now, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from hence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:7

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - 'And by me is made a decree concerning that which ye do with the elders of these Jews to build this house of God, that of the riches of the king, that are of the tribute beyond the river, speedily let the outlay be given to these men, that they cease not;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - and what they are needing -- both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who are in Jerusalem -- let be given to them day by day without fail,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:10 - that they be bringing near sweet savours to the God of heaven, and praying for the life of the king, and of his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:11 - 'And by me is made a decree, that any one who changeth this thing, let wood be pulled down from his house, and being raised up, let him be smitten on it, and his house let be made a dunghill for this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:12 - And God, who caused His name to dwell there, doth cast down any king and people that putteth forth his hand to change, to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem; I Darius have made a decree; speedily let it be done.'

The Temple Completed and Dedicated

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:13 - Then Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king hath sent, so they have done speedily;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:14 - and the elders of the Jews are building and prospering through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah son of Iddo, and they have built and finished by the decree of the God of Israel, and by the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:15 - And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:16 - And the sons of Israel have made, and the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a dedication of this house of God with joy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:17 - and have brought near for the dedication of this house of God, bullocks a hundred, rams two hundred, lambs four hundred; and young he-goats for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:18 - and they have established the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, over the service of God that is 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 - And the sons of the captivity make the passover on the fourteenth of the first month,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:20 - for the priests and the Levites have been purified together -- all of them are pure -- and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:21 - And the sons of Israel, those returning from the captivity, and every one who is separated from the uncleanness of the nations of the land unto them, to seek to Jehovah, God of Israel, do eat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:22 - and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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Ezra Chapter 6 — Additional Translations:

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