¹⁵ and he said to him, “Take these vessels, go and put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its site.”

³ In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices were offered, and let its foundations be retained. Its height shall be sixty cubits^[a] and its breadth sixty cubits,

³ They set the altar in its place, ^(A)for fear was on them because of the peoples of the lands, and ^(B)they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening.

² “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and ^(A)he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.