Ezra 6:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ The gold and silver ·utensils [articles; vessels] from the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God should be returned and put back in their places. Nebuchadnezzar took them from the Temple in Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon [Dan. 1:1–3], but they are to be put back in the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God in Jerusalem.”

⁶ Now then, Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates [^Cprovinces west of the Euphrates River], Shethar-Bozenai, and ·all the officers of that area [their colleagues and officials of the Trans-Euphrates], stay away from there. ⁷ ·Do not bother [^LLeave alone] the work on that ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God. Let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders rebuild this ·Temple [^Lhouse] where it was before.