Ezra 6:1-10 ▼

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and they searched in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon.

2 And was found at Achmetha, in a palace that is in the province of Media, one scroll, and thus was written in it: Memorandum:

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree about the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid—its height sixty cubits, and its width sixty cubits,

4 with three rows of rolled stones, and a row of new timber, and let the expenses be paid from the house of the king.

5 And also let the vessels of the house of God, of gold and silver, that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple that is in Jerusalem, each to its place, and put them down in the house of God.

6 Now: Tattenai the governor beyond the river, Shethar-bozenai, and your companions, the Apharsachites who are beyond the River: Be far away from there.

7 Leave alone the work of this house of God. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.

8 And a decree is made by me for what it is that you? shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: Of the riches of the king that are of the tribute beyond the river, let the expense be paid diligently and given to these men, so that they are not hindered.

9 And what they need, whether sons of bulls, or rams, or lambs for burnt offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, according to the word of the priests who are in Jerusalem, let it be given to them day by day, that is without neglect,

10 that they may offer sacrifice of sweet aroma to the God of the heavens and pray for the life of the king and his sons.