Verse 7
Ezra 6:7
Bible in Basic English
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Let the work of this house of God (Elohim) go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men put up this house of God (Elohim) in its place.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַ/עֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית אֱלָהָ֣/א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵ/א֙ וּ/לְ/שָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔/א בֵּית אֱלָהָ֥/א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל אַתְרֵֽ/הּ
English Translation
Stop serving in the house of God in the way of Judah, and let the elders of Judah build the house of God in its place.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
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Then Darius the king gave an order and a search was made in the house of the records, where the thin...
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And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in wh...
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3
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made an order: In connection with the house of G...
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4
With three lines of great stones and one line of new wood supports; and let the necessary money be g...
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5
And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God (Elohim), which Nebuchadnezzar took from t...
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6
So now, Tattenai, ruler of the land across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and your people the Aphars...
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7
Let the work of this house of God (Elohim) go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible me...
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Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection wi...
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9
And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God (Elo...
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10
So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God (Elohim) of heaven, with prayers for the...
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11
And I have given orders that if anyone makes any change in this word, one of the supports is to be p...
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12
And may the God (Elohim) who has made it a resting-place for his name send destruction on all kings...
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13
Then Tattenai, the ruler across the river, and Shethar-bozenai and their people, because of the orde...
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14
And the responsible men of the Jews went on with their building, and did well, helped by the teachin...
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15
And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of...
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16
And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, ke...
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17
And they gave as offerings at the opening of this house of God (Elohim) a hundred oxen, two hundred...
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18
And they put the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their order, for the worship of God (...
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19
And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first mo...
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For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they pu...
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And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separati...
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And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of j...
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