Ezra 6:3-5

Easy-to-Read Version

³ During the first year that Cyrus was king, he gave an order about the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The order said:

Let the Temple of God be rebuilt. It will be a place to offer sacrifices. Let its foundations be built. The Temple must be 60 cubits^[a] high and 60 cubits wide. ⁴ Its wall will be in layers that have three rows of large stones^[b] and one row of wooden timbers. The cost of building the Temple must be paid for from the king’s treasury. ⁵ Also, the gold and silver things from God’s Temple must be put back in their places. Nebuchadnezzar took them from the Temple in Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon. They must be put back in God’s Temple.