23 Whatever is decreed by the God of heaven, let it be done in full for the house of the God of heaven, lest his wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.

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You have commanded your (A)precepts
    to be kept diligently.

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(A)On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. (B)All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And (C)all the nations of the earth will gather against it.

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18 Whatever seems good to you and your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do, according to the will of your God.

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13 (A)I make a decree that anyone of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom, who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.

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10 that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven (A)and pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11 Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and (B)his house shall be made a dunghill. 12 May the God (C)who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.”

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