This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent:

The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, (A)and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king.

(They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus.)

To Darius the king:

All peace.

Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the [a]temple of the great God, which is being built with [b]heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:8 Lit. house
  2. Ezra 5:8 Lit. stones of rolling, stones too heavy to be carried

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