Ezra 6:2-5

New American Standard Bible

² And in ^[a]Ecbatana, in the fortress which is ^(A)in the province of Media, a scroll was found; and the following was written in it: “Memorandum— ^3 (B)In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let the ^[b]temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt, and let ^[c]its foundations be repaired, its height being ^[d]sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits, ^4 (C)with three layers of large stones and ^[e]one layer of timber. And the cost is to be paid from the ^[f]royal treasury. ⁵ Also ^(D)the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned and ^[g]brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’