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Ezra 6:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
Ezra 6:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And there was found in a [a]coffer (in the palace that was in the province of the Medes) a volume, and therein was it thus written, as a memorial,
3 IN THE FIRST year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus made a decree for the house of God in Jerusalem, Let the house be built, even the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the walls thereof be joined together: let the height thereof be threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits,
4 Three [b]orders of [c]great stones, and one order of timber, and let the expenses be given of the king’s house.
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Ezra 6:2-4
New International Version
Ezra 6:2-4
New International Version
2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it:
Memorandum:
3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem:
Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid.(A) It is to be sixty cubits[a] high and sixty cubits wide, 4 with three courses(B) of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury.(C)
Footnotes
- Ezra 6:3 That is, about 90 feet or about 27 meters
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