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And let the cost be given from the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>royal treasury. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><HL>And also let the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall deposit <i>them</i> in the house of God.’ <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><HL>“Now Tattenai, governor of <i>the province</i> beyond the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues, the officials of <i>the provinces</i> beyond the River, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>keep away from there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><HL>Leave that work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild that house of God in its <i>designated</i> place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><HL>Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you shall do for those elders of Judah in the rebuilding of that house of God: the full cost is to be given to those people from the royal treasury out of the tribute of <i>the provinces</i> beyond the River, and that without negligence. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><HL>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, according to what the priests in Jerusalem say, <i>it</i> is to be given to them daily without negligence, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><HL>that they may bring sweet-smelling sacrifices near to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><HL>And I issued a decree that any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be pulled out from his house and he shall be impaled on it and his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><HL>May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>stretches out his hand to change <i>it</i>, so as to destroy that house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued <i>this</i> decree, let <i>it</i> be done with all diligence!” <p class="hdg">The Dedication of the House of God</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Tattenai, the governor of <i>the province</i> beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues carried out <i>the decree</i> with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the elders of the Jews were building and succeeding through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. So they built and completed <i>it</i> according to the decree of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And this house was brought to completion <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>They brought near for the dedication of this house 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then they appointed the priests to their sections and the Levites in their divisions for the service of God <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses. <p class="hdg">Passover Celebrated</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the exiles celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For the priests and the Levites had cleansed themselves together; all of them were clean. Then they slaughtered the Passover <i>lamb</i> for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then the sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to <i>join</i> them, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate <i>the Passover</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with gladness, for Yahweh had caused them to be glad and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>strengthen them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>house of the books</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Aram <i>Achmetha</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>fixed</i>, <i>laid</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Approx. 90 ft. or 27 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> As in Gr; Aram <i>a layer of new timber</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>king’s house</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>go</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> The Euphrates River, so in ch<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>be distant</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>sends his hand</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>until</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>sons of the captivity</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>which is in</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>strengthen their hands</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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