20 I answered them by saying, “The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding,(A) but as for you, you have no share(B) in Jerusalem or any claim or historic right to it.”

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But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”(A)

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21 You have no part or share(A) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(B) before God.

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The king said to me, “What is it you want?”

Then I prayed to the God of heaven,

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31 and said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.

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27 May those who delight in my vindication(A)
    shout for joy(B) and gladness;
may they always say, “The Lord be exalted,
    who delights(C) in the well-being of his servant.”(D)

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to them I will give within my temple and its walls(A)
    a memorial(B) and a name
    better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name(C)
    that will endure forever.(D)

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18 It is good to grasp the one
    and not let go of the other.
    Whoever fears God(A) will avoid all extremes.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:18 Or will follow them both

18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(A)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(B)

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May we shout for joy(A) over your victory
    and lift up our banners(B) in the name of our God.

May the Lord grant all your requests.(C)

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Cornelius stared at him in fear. “What is it, Lord?” he asked.

The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering(A) before God.(B)

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14 The crown will be given to Heldai,[a] Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen[b] son of Zephaniah as a memorial(A) in the temple of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:14 Syriac; Hebrew Helem
  2. Zechariah 6:14 Or and the gracious one, the

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love(A) you be secure.

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11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned(A) the king has but one law:(B) that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter(C) to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.”

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He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear[a] of God.(A) As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 26:5 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; other Hebrew manuscripts vision

13 You will arise(A) and have compassion(B) on Zion,
    for it is time(C) to show favor(D) to her;
    the appointed time(E) has come.
14 For her stones are dear to your servants;
    her very dust moves them to pity.

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10 Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts(A)—you are to sound the trumpets(B) over your burnt offerings(C) and fellowship offerings,(D) and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.(E)

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29 “Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place,(A) he will bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of decision as a continuing memorial before the Lord.

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By each stack put some pure incense(A) as a memorial[a] portion(B) to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the Lord.

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  1. Leviticus 24:7 Or representative

and take it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour(A) and oil, together with all the incense,(B) and burn this as a memorial[a] portion(C) on the altar, a food offering,(D) an aroma pleasing to the Lord.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 2:2 Or representative; also in verses 9 and 16

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