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Ezra 6:1–5

6:1 The former approval is found

6 So King Dareyavesh (Darius) ordered that a search be conducted in all the archives where treasures had been deposited there in Bavel (Babylon), 2 and one scroll was found in the fortress at Ahmeta in the province of Maday (Media), and this record had been made:

3 “In year one of Koresh (Cyrus) the king, he made a decree about the house of God in Yerushalem (Jerusalem):

‘Let the house be built in the same place where sacrifices were made. Establish its foundations and build it 27m high and 27m wide 4 with three layers of large stones and a layer of new timber. That should all be paid for from the royal treasury. 5 Also, the gold and silver containers from the house of God that Nevukadnetsar (Nebuchadnezzar) had taken out from the Yerushalem temple and had brought to Bavel, must be returned to their places in the temple in Yerushalem. So you must put them in the house of God.’ ”

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6 In_then Dārəyāvesh Oh/the_king he _made a _decree and_they _searched in_house _of the _books where the_treasures were_deposited there in_Bāⱱel.

2 And_it _was _found in_ʼAḩmətāʼ in_the_citadel which is_in_Māday the_province a _scroll one and_thus/so/as _follows it _was _written in_midst _of_its (the)_memorandum.

3 In_year one to/for_Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus) Oh/the_king Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh) Oh/the_king he _made a _decree the _house _of the_god in_Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) the_house let _it _be _built a _place which they_were_sacrificing sacrifices and_foundations _of_its be_retained height _of_its cubits sixty width _of_its cubits sixty.

4 Rows of stone _of rolling three and_a _row of timber new and_the_expense from the _house _of Oh/the_king let _it _be _given.

5 And_also the _vessels _of the _house _of the_god of (the)_gold and_(the)_silver which Nəⱱūkadneʦʦar he _brought _out from the_temple which was_in_Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) and_he _carried to_Bāⱱel let _them _send _back and_let _it _go to_the_temple which is_in_Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) to_place _of_its and_you _will _deposit_them in_house _of the_god.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section EZRA 6:1

The former approval is found

Ezra 6:1–5