Ezra 5:9-11
Common English Bible
9 We asked those elders, “Who authorized you to build this house and to complete the preparation of this material?” 10 We also asked them their names so that we could write down the names of the leaders for your information.
11 This was their reply to us: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.
Ezra 5:9-11
New International Version
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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