Verse 3
Ezra 6:3
King James Version
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In the first year of Cyrus the king
the same Cyrus the king made a decree
concerning the house of God (Elohim) at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits,
and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Original Language Text
hebrew
בִּ/שְׁנַ֨ת חֲדָ֜ה לְ/כ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗/א כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ/א֮ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵם֒ בֵּית אֱלָהָ֤/א בִֽ/ירוּשְׁלֶם֙ בַּיְתָ֣/א יִתְבְּנֵ֔א אֲתַר֙ דִּֽי דָבְחִ֣ין דִּבְחִ֔ין וְ/אֻשּׁ֖וֹ/הִי מְסֽוֹבְלִ֑ין רוּמֵ/הּ֙ אַמִּ֣ין שִׁתִּ֔ין פְּתָיֵ֖/הּ אַמִּ֥ין שִׁתִּֽין
English Translation
In the year of the reign of Cyrus king of Persia, Cyrus the king set forth a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, saying: "Let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices are offered, and let its foundations be firmly laid; its height shall be sixty cubits, and its width sixty cubits."
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Chapter 6 Context
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That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God (Elohim) of heaven, and pray for the li...
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And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captiv...
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And offered at the dedication of this house of God (Elohim) an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, f...
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And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of Go...
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And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth
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For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them
were pure, and killed the passov...
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