15 And he said to him, ‘Take these articles; go, carry them to the temple site that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its former site.’

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In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a (A)decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: “Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,

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Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its [a]bases; and they offered (A)burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening burnt offerings.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:3 foundations

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:

All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has (A)commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:2 Temple

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