(A)with three layers of huge stones and [a]one layer of timbers. And let the cost be paid from the [b]royal treasury. Also let (B)the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and [c]brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’

“Now therefore, (C)Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the [d]River, Shethar-bozenai and [e]your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the [f]River, [g]keep away from there.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:4 So Gr; Aram a layer of new timber
  2. Ezra 6:4 Lit king’s house
  3. Ezra 6:5 Lit go
  4. Ezra 6:6 I.e. Euphrates River, and so throughout the ch
  5. Ezra 6:6 Aram their
  6. Ezra 6:6 I.e. Euphrates River, and so throughout the ch
  7. Ezra 6:6 Lit be distant