Ezra 7:23
New Living Translation
23 Be careful to provide whatever the God of heaven demands for his Temple, for why should we risk bringing God’s anger against the realm of the king and his sons?
Psalm 119:4
New Living Translation
4 You have charged us
to keep your commandments carefully.
Zechariah 12:3
New Living Translation
3 On that day I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock. All the nations will gather against it to try to move it, but they will only hurt themselves.
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Ezra 7:18
New Living Translation
18 Any silver and gold that is left over may be used in whatever way you and your colleagues feel is the will of your God.
Ezra 7:13
New Living Translation
13 “I decree that any of the people of Israel in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may volunteer to return to Jerusalem with you.
Ezra 6:10-12
New Living Translation
10 Then they will be able to offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the welfare of the king and his sons.
11 “Those who violate this decree in any way will have a beam pulled from their house. Then they will be lifted up and impaled on it, and their house will be reduced to a pile of rubble.[a] 12 May the God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem as the place to honor his name destroy any king or nation that violates this command and destroys this Temple.
“I, Darius, have issued this decree. Let it be obeyed with all diligence.”
Footnotes
- 6:11 Aramaic a dunghill.
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