1 Esdras 5:70
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By scheming, spreading lies among the people, and stirring up trouble, they prevented the completion of the rebuilding as long as King Cyrus lived.
But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the heads of the ancestral houses in Israel said to them, ‘You have nothing to do with us in building the house for the Lord our God,
and by plots and demagoguery and uprisings they prevented the completion of the building as long as King Cyrus lived. They were kept from building for two years, until the reign of Darius.
But Zerub′babel and Jeshua and the heads of the fathers’ houses in Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building the house for the Lord our God,
And Zerubbabel, and Jesus, (or Jeshua, or Joshua), and the princes of the towns of Israel said to them, It (be)longeth not to us and to you together to build up the house of our God [or It is not to us and to you to build up the house of our God];
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