Ezra 6:11-13
New American Standard Bible
11 And I issued a decree that (A)any person who violates this decree, a timber shall be pulled out of his house and he shall be impaled on it; and (B)his house shall be turned into a refuse heap on account of this. 12 May the God who (C)has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who [a]attempts to [b]change it, so as to destroy that house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree; it is to be carried out with all diligence!”
The Temple Completed and Dedicated
13 Then (D)Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had [c]ordered.
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