Ezra 6:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ that in the first year Cyrus was king, he gave orders to rebuild God's temple in Jerusalem, so that sacrifices and offerings could be presented there.^[a] It is to be built 27 meters high and 27 meters wide, ⁴ with one^[b] row of wooden beams for each three rows of large stones. The royal treasury will pay for everything. ⁵ Then the gold and silver things that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple and brought to Babylonia are to be returned to their proper places.