Verse 1
Ezra 6:1
World English Bible, British Edition
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Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where
the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בֵּ/אדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖/א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּ/בַקַּ֣רוּ בְּ/בֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗/א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛/א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּ/בָבֶֽל
English Translation
Then Darius the king set a decree, and they made a search in the house of books that is in Babylon.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where
the treasures were laid up...
2
A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province
of Media, and in it this was w...
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3
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king
made a decree: Concerning God (Elohim)’s house a...
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4
with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the
expenses be given out of the...
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5
Also let the gold and silver vessels of God (Elohim)’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar
took out of the t...
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6
Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai,
and your companions the Apharsac...
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7
Leave the work of this house of God (Elohim) alone; let the governor of the Jews
and the elders of t...
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8
Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders
of the Jews for the building o...
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9
That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs,
for burnt offerings to the God...
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10
that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God (Elohim) of heaven,
and pray for the lif...
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11
I have also made a decree that whoever alters this message, let a beam
be pulled out from his house,...
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12
May the God (Elohim) who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings
and peoples who stre...
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13
Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai,
and their companions did accordingly w...
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14
The elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying
of Haggai the prophet and Zechar...
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15
This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was
in the sixth year of the reign...
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16
The children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest
of the children of the captivity, kep...
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17
They offered at the dedication of this house of God (Elohim) one hundred bulls,
two hundred rams, fo...
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18
They set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses,
for the service of God (El...
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19
The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth
day of the first month.
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20
Because the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together,
all of them were pure. They ki...
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21
The children of Israel who had returned out of the captivity, and all
who had separated themselves t...
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22
and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; because
the LORD had made them joyful, a...
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