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1
Then
King
Darius
issued
a decree,
and search was made
in the archives,
where
the treasures
were stored
in Babylon.
2
In Ecbatana
in the fortress,
which
is in the province
of Media,
a scroll
was found
and there was written
in it as follows:
"Memorandum--
3
"In the first
year
of King
Cyrus
,
Cyrus
the king
issued
a decree:
'Concerning the house
of God
at Jerusalem,
let the temple,
the place
where
sacrifices
are offered,
be rebuilt
and let its foundations
be retained,
its height
60
">being
60
cubits
and its width
60
cubits
;
4
with three
layers
of huge
stones
and one layer
of timbers.
And let the cost
be paid
from the royal
treasury.
5
Also
let the gold
and silver
utensils
of the house
of God,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took
from the temple
in Jerusalem
and brought
to Babylon,
be returned
and brought
to their places
in the temple
in Jerusalem
;
and you shall put
them in the house
of God.'
6
"Now
therefore, Tattenai,
governor
of the province beyond
the River,
Shethar-bozenai
and your colleagues,
the officials
of the provinces beyond
the River,
keep away
from there.
7
"Leave
this
work
on the
house
of God
alone;
let the governor
of the Jews
and the elders
of the Jews
rebuild
this
house
of God
on its site.
8
"Moreover, I issue
a decree
concerning what
you are to do
for these
elders
of Judah
in the rebuilding
of this
house
of God:
the full
cost
is to be paid
to these
people
from the royal
treasury
out of the taxes
of the provinces beyond
the River,
and that without
delay.
9
"Whatever
is needed,
both young
bulls,
rams,
and lambs
for a burnt offering
to the God
of heaven,
and wheat,
salt,
wine
and anointing oil,
as the priests
in Jerusalem
request,
it is to be given
to them daily
without
fail,
10
that they may offer
acceptable sacrifices
to the God
of heaven
and pray
for the life
of the king
and his sons.
11
"And I issued
a decree
that any
man
who
violates
this
edict,
a timber
shall be drawn
from his house
and he shall be impaled
on it and his house
shall be made
a refuse heap
on account
of
this
.
12
"May the God
who
has caused His name
to dwell
there
overthrow
any
king
or people
who
attempts
to change
it, so as to destroy
this
house
of God
in Jerusalem.
I, Darius,
have issued
this
decree,
let it be carried
out with all diligence!"
13
Then
Tattenai,
the governor
of the province beyond
the River,
Shethar-bozenai
and their colleagues
carried
out the decree with all diligence,
just
as King
Darius
had sent.
14
And the elders
of the Jews
were successful
in
building
through the prophesying
of Haggai
the prophet
and Zechariah
the son
of Iddo.
And they finished
building
according
to the command
of the God
of Israel
and the decree
of Cyrus,
Darius,
and Artaxerxes
king
of Persia.
15
This
temple
was completed
on the third
day
of the month
Adar;
it was the sixth
year
of the reign
of King
Darius.
16
And the sons
of Israel,
the priests,
the Levites
and the rest
of the exiles,
celebrated
the dedication
of this
house
of God
with joy.
17
They offered
for the dedication
of this
temple
of God
100
bulls,
200
rams,
400
lambs,
and as a sin offering
for all
Israel
12
male
goats,
corresponding to the number
of the tribes
of
Israel
.
18
Then they appointed
the priests
to their divisions
and the Levites
in their orders
for the service
of God
in Jerusalem,
as it is written
in the book
of Moses.
19
The exiles
observed
the Passover
on the fourteenth
of the first
month.
20
For
the priests
and the Levites
had purified
themselves together;
all
of them were pure.
Then they slaughtered
the Passover
lamb for
all
the exiles,
both for their brothers
the priests
and for themselves.
21
The sons
of Israel
who returned
from exile
and all
those who had separ
ate
d
themselves from the impurity
of the nations
of the land
to join them, to seek
the LORD
God
of Israel
,
ate
the Passover.
22
And they observed
the Feast
of Unleavened Bread
seven
days
with joy,
for the LORD
had caused them to rejoice,
and had turned
the heart
of the king
of Assyria
toward
them to encourage
them in the work
of the house
of God,
the God
of Israel.
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