ASV_Strong : Ezra 6
1. Then[H116] Darius[H1868] the king[H4430] made[H7761] a decree[H2942], and search[H1240] was made in the house[H1005] of the archives[H5609], where[H8536] the treasures[H1596] were laid up[H5182] in Babylon[H895].
2. And there was found[H7912] at Achmetha[H307], in the palace[H1001] that is in the province[H4083] of Media[H4076], a[H2298] roll[H4040], and therein[H1459] was thus[H3652] written[H3790] for a record[H1799]:
3. In the first[H2298] year[H8140] of Cyrus[H3567] the king[H4430], Cyrus[H3567] the king[H4430] made[H7761] a decree[H2942]: Concerning the house[H1005] of God[H426] at Jerusalem[H3390], let the house[H1005] be builded[H1124], the place[H870] where they offer[H1684] sacrifices[H1685], and let the foundations[H787] thereof be strongly laid[H5446]; the height[H7314] thereof threescore[H8361] cubits[H521], and the breadth[H6613] thereof threescore[H8361] cubits[H521];
4. with three[H8532] courses[H5073] of great[H1560] stones[H69], and a course[H5073] of new[H2323] timber[H636]: and let the expenses[H5313] be given[H3052] out of[H4481] the king[H4430]'s house[H1005].
5. And also[H638] let the gold[H1722] and silver[H3702] vessels[H3984] of the house[H1005] of God[H426], which Nebuchadnezzar[H5020] took forth[H5312] out of[H4481] the temple[H1965] which is at Jerusalem[H3390], and brought[H2987] unto Babylon[H895], be restored[H8421], and brought again[H1946] unto the temple[H1965] which is at Jerusalem[H3390], every one to its place[H870]; and thou shalt put[H5182] them in the house[H1005] of God[H426].
6. Now[H3705] therefore[H6347], Tattenai, governor beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], Shethar-bozenai[H8370], and your companions[H3675] the Apharsachites[H671], who are beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], be ye[H1934] far[H7352] from[H4481] thence[H8536]:
7. let the work[H5673] of this[H1791] house[H1005] of God[H426] alone[H7662]; let the governor[H6347] of the Jews[H3062] and the elders[H7868] of the Jews[H3062] build[H1124] this[H1791] house[H1005] of God[H426] in[H5922] its place[H870].
8. Moreover I[H4481] make[H7761] a decree[H2942] what[H3964] ye shall do[H5648] to[H5974] these[H479] elders[H7868] of the Jews[H3062] for the building[H1124] of this[H1791] house[H1005] of God[H426]: that of the king[H4430]'s goods[H5232], even of[H1768] the tribute[H4061] beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], expenses[H5313] be[H1934] given[H3052] with all diligence[H629] unto these[H479] men[H1400], that they be not[H3809] hindered[H989].
9. And that which[H4101] they have need of[H2818], both young[H1123] bullocks[H8450], and rams[H1798], and lambs[H563], for burnt-offerings[H5928] to the God[H426] of heaven[H8065]; also wheat[H2591], salt[H4416], wine[H2562], and oil[H4887], according to the word of the priests[H3549] that are[H1934] at Jerusalem[H3390], let it be[H1934] given[H3052] them day[H3118] by day[H3118] without[H3809] fail[H7960];
10. that they may offer[H1934] sacrifices of sweet savor[H5208] unto the God[H426] of heaven[H8065], and pray[H6739] for the life[H2417] of the king[H4430], and of his sons[H1123].
11. Also[H4481] I have made[H7761] a decree[H2942], that whosoever[H3606] shall alter[H8133] this[H1836] word[H6600], let a beam[H636] be pulled out[H5256] from[H4481] his house[H1005], and let him be lifted up[H2211] and fastened[H4223] thereon[H5922]; and let his house[H1005] be made[H5648] a dunghill[H5122] for[H5922] this[H1836]:
12. and the God[H426] that hath caused his name[H8036] to dwell[H7932] there[H8536] overthrow all[H3606] kings[H4430] and peoples[H5972] that shall put[H7972] forth their hand[H3028] to alter[H8133] the same[H2255], to destroy this[H1791] house[H1005] of God[H426] which is[H576] at Jerusalem[H3390]. I[H576] Darius[H1868] have made[H7761] a decree[H2942]; let it be done[H5648] with all diligence[H629].
13. Then[H116] Tattenai[H6347], the governor beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], Shethar-bozenai[H8370], and their companions[H3675], because[H3660] that Darius[H1868] the king[H4430] had sent[H7972], did[H5648] accordingly[H6903] with all diligence[H629].
14. And the elders[H7868] of the Jews[H3062] builded[H1124] and prospered[H6744], through the prophesying[H5017] of Haggai[H2292] the prophet[H5029] and Zechariah[H2148] the son[H1247] of Iddo[H5714]. And they builded[H1124] and finished[H3635] it[H4481], according to the commandment[H2941] of the God[H426] of Israel[H3479], and according to the decree[H2942] of Cyrus[H3567], and Darius[H1868], and Artaxerxes[H783] king[H4430] of Persia[H6540].
15. And this[H1836] house[H1005] was finished[H3319] on[H5705] the third[H8532] day[H3118] of the month[H3393] Adar[H144], which was[H1932] in the sixth[H8353] year[H8140] of the reign[H4437] of Darius[H1868] the king[H4430].
16. And the children[H1123] of Israel[H3479], the priests[H3549], and the Levites[H3879], and the rest[H7606] of the children[H1123] of the captivity[H1547], kept[H5648] the dedication[H2597] of this[H1836] house[H1005] of God[H426] with joy[H2305].
17. And they offered[H7127] at the dedication[H2597] of this[H1836] house[H1005] of God[H426] a hundred[H3969] bullocks[H8450], two hundred[H3969] rams[H1798], four[H703] hundred[H3969] lambs[H563]; and for a sin-offering[H2402] for[H5922] all[H3606] Israel[H3479], twelve[H8648] he[H6841] - goats[H5796], according to the number[H4510] of the tribes[H7625] of Israel[H3479].
18. And they set[H6966] the priests[H3549] in their divisions[H6392], and the Levites[H3879] in their courses[H4255], for[H5922] the service[H5673] of God[H426], which is at Jerusalem[H3390]; as it is written[H3792] in the book[H5609] of Moses[H4873].
19. And the children[H1121] of the captivity[H1473] kept[H6213] the passover[H6453] upon the fourteenth[H702] day of the first[H7223] month[H2320].
20. For the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] had purified[H2891] themselves together[H259]; all of them were pure[H2889]: and they killed[H7819] the passover[H6453] for all the children[H1121] of the captivity[H1473], and for their brethren[H251] the priests[H3548], and for themselves.
21. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] that were come again[H7725] out of the captivity[H1473], and all such as had separated[H914] themselves unto them from the filthiness[H2932] of the nations[H1471] of the land[H776], to seek[H1875] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], did eat[H398],
22. and kept[H6213] the feast[H2282] of unleavened bread[H4682] seven[H7651] days[H3117] with joy[H8057]: for Jehovah[H3068] had made them joyful[H8055], and had turned[H5437] the heart[H3820] of the king[H4428] of Assyria[H804] unto them[H2388], to strengthen their hands[H3027] in the work[H4399] of the house[H1004] of God[H430], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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