1 Esdras 2:20
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CEB
I have read the letter that you sent to me.
NRSVA
Since the building of the temple is now going on, we think it best not to neglect such a matter,
NRSVUE
Therefore we now make known to you, O lord and king, that if this city is built and its walls finished, you will no longer have access to Coelesyria and Phoenicia.”
RSV
And since the building of the temple is now going on, we think it best not to neglect such a matter,
WYC
And for cause that that thing is done about the temple, to have it rightly we have deemed to not despise that same thing,
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