Ezra 5:9-11
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’ 10 We also asked them their names so as to inform you, and that we might write down the names of the men who were at their head. 11 Thus they [a]answered us, saying, ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, (A)which a great king of Israel built and finished.
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Ezra 5:9-11
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9 We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”(A) 10 We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
11 This is the answer they gave us:
“We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple(B) that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished.
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