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Then Darius the king made a decree,
and search was made in the house of the

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Rulz, where the treasures were laid up in
Babylon.

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And there was found at Akmathar,
in the palace that is in the province of

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the Medes, a Rulz, and therein was a
record thus written.

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In the first year of Cyrus the king,
the same Cyrus the king made a decree

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concerning the house of God at Jerusalem.

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Let the house be builded, the place where
they offered sacrifices, and let the

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foundations thereof be strongly laid,
the height thereof threescore cubits,

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and the breadth thereof threescore cubits,
with three rows of great stones,

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and a row of new timber.

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And let the expenses be given out of the
king's house.

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And also let the golden and silver vessels
of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar

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took forth out of the temple, which is at
Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon,

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be restored and brought again unto the
temple, which is at Jerusalem,

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every one to his place, and place them in
the house of God.

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Now therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the
river, Chithar Bosnai, and your

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companions, the Ephassicites, which are
beyond the river, be ye far from thence.

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Let the work of this house of God alone.

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Let the governor of the Jews and the
elders of the Jews build this house of God

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in his place.

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Moreover, I make a decree what ye shall do
to the elders of these Jews for the

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building of this house of God,
that of the king's goods, even of the

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tribute beyond the river, forthwith
expenses be given unto these men,

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that they be not hindered.

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And that which they have need of,
both young bullocks and rams and lambs,

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for the burnt offerings of the God of
heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil,

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according to the appointment of the
priests, which are at Jerusalem,

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let it be given them day by day,
without fail, that they may offer

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sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God
of heaven, and pray for the life of the

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king and of his sons.

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Also I have made a decree that whosoever
shall alter this word, let timber be

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pulled down from his house, and being set
up, let him be hanged thereon,

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and let his house be made a dunghill for
this.

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And the God that hath caused his name to
dwell there, destroy all kings and people,

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that shall put to their hand to alter and
to destroy this house of God which is at

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Jerusalem.

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I, Darius, have made a decree,
let it be done with speed.

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Then Tatni, governor on this side of the
river, she Tharbozni, and their

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companions, according to that which Darius
the king had sent, so they did speedily.

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And the elders of the Jews builded,
and they prospered through the prophesying

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of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the
son of Ido.

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And they builded and finished it according
to the commandment of the God of Israel

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and according to the commandment of Cyrus
and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

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And this house was finished on the third
day of the month Adar, which was in the

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sixth year of the reign of Darius the
king.

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And the children of Israel, the priests
and the Levites, and the rest of the

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children of the captivity kept the
dedication of this house of God with joy

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and offered at the dedication of this
house of God a hundred bullocks,

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two hundred rams, four hundred lambs and
for a sin offering for all Israel,

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twelve he goats, according to the number
of the tribes of Israel.

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And they set the priests in their
divisions and the Levites in their courses

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for the service of God which is at
Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of

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Moses.

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And the children of the captivity kept the
Passover upon the fourteenth day of the

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first month, for the priests and the
Levites were purified together all of them

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were pure, and killed the Passover for all
the children of the captivity and for

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their brethren the priests and for
themselves.

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And the children of Israel, which were
come again out of captivity and all such

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as had separated themselves unto them from
the filthiness of the heathen of the land

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to seek the Lord God of Israel,
did eat and kept the feast of unleavened

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bread seven days with joy.

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For the Lord had made them joyful and
turned the heart of the king of Assyria

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unto them to strengthen their hands in the
work of the house of God, the God of Israel.