Ezra 6:2-4

New Catholic Bible

² Eventually in the fortress of Ecbatana,^[a] a scroll was discovered with the following text:

³ “In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus issued this decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered and burnt offerings are presented. Its height shall be sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, ⁴ with three layers of massive stones and one layer of timber. The cost is to be defrayed by the royal treasury.