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Then Darius the king made a decree t @#
em #,
and search b @
was made in the house of the rolls ,
where the treasures were laid up n @
in Babylon .
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And there was found sh @
at Achmetha ,
in the palace that is in the province of the Medes ,
a roll ,
and therein was a record thus written k @:
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In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
Let the house be builded b @,
the place where they offered d @
sacrifices ,
and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid c @;
the height thereof threescore cubits ,
and the breadth thereof threescore cubits ;
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With three rows of great stones ,
and a row of new timber :
and let the expenses be given y @
out of the kings house :
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And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God ,
which Nebuchadnezzar took forth n @
out of the temple which is at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
and brought y @
unto Babylon ,
be restored ,
and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
every one to his place ,
and place n @
them in the house of God .
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Now therefore ,
Tatnai ,
governor beyond the river ,
Shetharboznai Sh @
thar ,
and your companions the Apharsachites #
Apharc @
kay #,
which are beyond the river ,
be ye far from thence :
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Let the work of this house of God alone sh @;
let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build b @
this house of God in his place .
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Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building b @
of this house of God :
that of the kings goods ,
even of the tribute beyond the river ,
forthwith expenses be given y @
unto these men ,
that they be not hindered b @.
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And that which they have need of ,
both young bullocks ,
and rams ,
and lambs ,
for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven ,
wheat ,
salt ,
wine ,
and oil ,
according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#,
let it be given y @
them day by day without fail :
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That they may offer q @
sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven ,
and pray ts @
for the life of the king ,
and of his sons .
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Also I have made a decree t @#
em #,
that whosoever kol #
shall alter sh @
this word ,
let timber be pulled down n @
from his house ,
and being set up z @,
let him be hanged m @
thereon ;
and let his house be made a dunghill for this .
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And the God that hath caused his name to dwell sh @
there destroy m @
all kings and people ,
that shall put sh @
to their hand to alter sh @
and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#.
I Darius have made a decree t @#
em #;
let it be done with speed .
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Then Tatnai ,
governor on this side the river ,
Shetharboznai Sh @
thar ,
and their companions ,
according to that which Darius the king had sent sh @,
so they did speedily .
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And the elders of the Jews builded b @,
and they prospered ts @
through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo .
And they builded b @,
and finished k @
it ,
according to the commandment of the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and according to the commandment of Cyrus ,
and Darius ,
and Artaxerxes king of Persia .
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And this house was finished y @
on the third day of the month Adar ,
which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king .
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And the children of Israel Yisra #
el #,
the priests ,
and the Levites ,
and the rest of the children of the captivity ,
kept the dedication of this house of God with joy ,
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And offered q @
at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks ,
two hundred rams ,
four hundred lambs ;
and for a sin offering chatta #
for all Israel Yisra #
el #,
twelve t @
reyn #
he goats ,
according to the number of the tribes of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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And they set the priests in their divisions ,
and the Levites in their courses ,
for the service of God ,
which is at Jerusalem Y @
ruwshalem (
Chald )#;
as it is written in the book of Moses .
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And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth #
H6240day of the first month .
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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 .
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And the children of Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
did eat ,
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And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy :
for the LORD 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 God ,
the God of Israel Yisra #
el #.