1 Esdras 6:10-12

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁰ These operations are going on rapidly, and the work is prospering in their hands and being completed with all splendour and care. ¹¹ Then we asked these elders, “At whose command are you building this house and laying the foundations of this structure?” ¹² In order that we might inform you in writing who the leaders are, we questioned them and asked them for a list of the names of those who are at their head.