The Book Of Second EZRA - ESDRAS - Chapter 6
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Now in the second year of the reign of Darius Aggeus and ZachariYah the son of
Addo, the prophets, prophesied to the Hebrews in Yahudah and Yerusalem in the
NAME of YAHWEH of Yisrael, which was upon them.
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Then stood up Zorobabel the son of Salatiel, and Yoshua the son of Josedec, and
began to build the house of YAHWEH at Yerusalem, the prophets of YAHWEH being
with them, and helping them.
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At the same time came to them Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia,
with Sathrabuzanes and his companions, and said to them,
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By whose appointment do you build this house and this roof, and perform all the
other things? and who are the workmen that perform these things?
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Nevertheless the elders of the Yahudim obtained favor, because YAHWEH had
visited the captivity;
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And they were not hindered from building, until such time as signification was
given to Darius concerning them, and an answer received.
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The copy of the letters which Sisinnes, governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and
Sathrabuzanes, with their companions, rulers in Syria and Phoenicia, wrote and
sent to Darius; To king Darius, greeting:
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Let all things be known to our ruler the king, that being come into the country
of Yahudah, and entered into the city of Yerusalem we found in the city of
Yerusalem the ancients of the Hebrews that were of the captivity
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Building a house to YAHWEH, great and new, of hewn and costly stones, and the
timber already laid upon the walls.
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And those works are done with great speed, and the work goes on prosperously in
their hands, and with all splendor and diligence is it made.
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Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build you this house,
and lay the foundations of these works?
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Therefore to the intent that we might give knowledge to you by writing, we
demanded of them who were the chief doers, and we required of them the names in
writing of their principal men.
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So they gave us this answer, We are the servants of YAHWEH which made heaven
and earth.
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And as for this house, it was built many years ago by a king of Yisrael great
and strong, and was finished.
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But when our fathers provoked YAHWEH to wrath, and sinned against YAHWEH of
Yisrael which is in heaven, HE gave them over into the power of Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon, of the Chaldees;
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Who pulled down the house, and burned it, and carried away the people captives
to Babylon.
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But in the first year that king Cyrus reigned over the country of Babylon Cyrus
the king wrote to build up this house.
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And the kodesh vessels of gold and of silver, that Nebuchadnezzar had carried
away out of the house at Yerusalem, and had set them in his own temple those
Cyrus the king brought forth again out of the temple at Babylon, and they were
delivered to Zorobabel and to Sanabassarus the ruler,
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With commandment that he should carry away the same vessels, and put them in
the Great Tabernacle at Yerusalem; and that the Great Tabernacle of YAHWEH
should be built in his place.
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Then the same Sanabassarus, being come hither, laid the foundations of the
house of YAHWEH at Yerusalem; and from that time to this being still a
building, it is not yet fully ended.
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Now therefore, if it seem tov to the king, let search be made among the records
of king Cyrus:
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And if it be found that the building of the house of YAHWEH at Yerusalem has
been done with the consent of king Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so
minded, let him signify to us thereof.
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Then commanded king Darius to seek among the records at Babylon: and so at
Ecbatane the palace, which is in the country of Media, there was found a roll
wherein these things were recorded.
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In the first year of the reign of Cyrus king Cyrus commanded that the house of
YAHWEH at Yerusalem should be built again, where they do sacrifice with
continual fire:
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Whose height shall be sixty cubits and the breadth sixty cubits, with three
rows of hewn stones, and one row of new wood of that country; and the expences
thereof to be given out of the house of king Cyrus:
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And that the kodesh vessels of the house of YAHWEH, both of gold and silver,
that Nebuchadnezzar took out of the house at Yerusalem, and brought to Babylon,
should be restored to the house at Yerusalem, and be set in the place where
they were before.
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And also he commanded that Sisinnes the governor of Syria and Phoenicia, and
Sathrabuzanes, and their companions, and those which were appointed rulers in
Syria and Phoenicia, should be careful not to meddle with the place, but suffer
Zorobabel, the servant of YAHWEH, and governor of Yahudah, and the elders of
the Yahudim, to build the house of YAHWEH in that place.
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I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look
diligently to help those that be of the captivity of the Yahudim, till the
house of YAHWEH be finished:
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And out of the tribute of Coelesyria and Phoenicia a portion carefully to be
given these men for the sacrifices of YAHWEH, that is, to Zorobabel the
governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;
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And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without
further question, according as the kohenim that be in Yerusalem shall signify
to be daily spent:
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That offerings may be made to the most high YAHWEH for the king and for his
children, and that they may pray for their lives.
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And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yes, or make light of any
thing before spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken,
and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
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YAHWEH therefore, whose NAME is there called upon, utterly destroy every king
and nation, that stretches out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of
YAHWEH in Yerusalem.
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I Darius the king have ordained that according to these things it be done with
diligence.