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3 In that time came to them Tatnai, prefect beyond the river, and Shethar-Bozni and their colleagues, and thus they said to them, Who set up to you a decree to build this house, and to complete this wall? 4 Then thus said we to them, What are they the names of the men that build this building? 5 And the eye of their God was upon the captivity of the Jews, and they caused them not to cease till the account went to Darius: and then they will return a letter concerning this. 6 The copy of the epistle that Tatnai, prefect beyond the river, sent, and Shethar-Bozni and his colleagues, the Apharsachites, that were beyond the river to Darius the king: 7 They sent an epistle to him, thus it was written in the midst of it: To Darius the king, all peace. Ezra 5:3-7, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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