◄ Ezra 6:7 ►
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Good News Translation
and do not interfere with its construction. Let the governor of Judah and the Jewish leaders rebuild the Temple of God where it stood before.

New Revised Standard Version
let the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.

Contemporary English Version
Let the Jewish governor and leaders rebuild it where it stood before. And stop slowing them down!

New American Bible
Let the governor and the elders of the Jews continue the work on that house of God; they are to rebuild it on its former site.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its place.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its place.

Let the work

Acts 5:38,39 And now, therefore, I say to you: Refrain from these men and let them alone. For if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought: . . .

Context
The Decree of Darius
…6Now therefore Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, Stharbuzanai, and your counsellors the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, depart far from them, 7And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its place.8I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work be hindered.…
Cross References
Ezra 6:6
Now therefore Thathanai, governor of the country beyond the river, Stharbuzanai, and your counsellors the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, depart far from them,

Ezra 6:8
I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work be hindered.

Ezra 6:6
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