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Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
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A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
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In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning Elohim’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be str...
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with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the expenses be given out of the king’s house.
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Also let the gold and silver vessels of Elohim’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is ...
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Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.
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Leave the work of this house of Elohim alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of Elohim in its place.
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Moreover I make a decree what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of Elohim: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given...
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That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the Elohim of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jeru...
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that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the Elohim of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
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I have also made a decree that whoever alters this message, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened on it; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
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May the Elohim who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who stretch out their hand to alter this, to destroy this house of Elohim which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have mad...
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Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and their companions did accordingly with all diligence, because Darius the king had sent a decree.
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The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They built and finished it, according to the commandment of the Elohim of Israe...
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This house was finished 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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The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of Elohim with joy.
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They offered at the dedication of this house of Elohim one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the...
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They set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of Elohim, which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
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The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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Because the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together, all of them were pure. They killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, for their brothers the priests, and for the...
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The children of Israel who had returned out of the captivity, and all who had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the Elohim of Israel, ate,
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and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; because Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of Elohi...
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