And in [a]Ecbatana, in the fortress which is (A)in the province of Media, a scroll was found; and the following was written in it: “Memorandum— (B)In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let the [b]temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt, and let [c]its foundations be repaired, its height being [d]sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, (C)with three layers of large stones and [e]one layer of timber. And the cost is to be paid from the [f]royal treasury.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:2 Aram Achmetha
  2. Ezra 6:3 Lit house
  3. Ezra 6:3 Or perhaps offerings by fire be offered
  4. Ezra 6:3 About 90 ft. or 27 m
  5. Ezra 6:4 As in LXX; Aram a layer of new timber
  6. Ezra 6:4 Lit king’s house

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