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Ezra 6:1-3
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King Darius Verifies the Decree

6 Then King Darius issued an order to search the Hall of Records where the Babylonian archives were stored. 2 The following was found written on a scroll in Ecbatana at the summer[a] palace of the province of Media:

3 Date: First year of Cyrus the King

From: King Cyrus

Subject: The Temple of God in Jerusalem

Let the Temple be rebuilt where they offered sacrifices. Let the foundations thereof be laid with a height of 60 cubits[b] and a width of 60 cubits,[c]

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  1. Ezra 6:2 The Aram. lacks summer
  2. Ezra 6:3 I.e. about 90 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. Ezra 6:3 I.e. about 90 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
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Ezra 6:1-3
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The Decree of Darius

6 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives(A) stored in the treasury at Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it:

Memorandum:

3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem:

Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid.(B) It is to be sixty cubits[a] high and sixty cubits wide,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:3 That is, about 90 feet or about 27 meters
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