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1 And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to YHWH, God of Israel, 2 and they draw near to Zerubbabel, and to heads of the fathers, and say to them, “Let us build with you; for, like you, we seek to your God, and we are not sacrificing since the days of Esar-Haddon king of Asshur, who brought us up here.” 3 And Zerubbabel says to them, also Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel, “Not for you, and for us, to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together build to YHWH God of Israel, as King Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.” Ezra 4:1-3, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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