Emperor Cyrus' Order Is Rediscovered (EZR 6:1-5)

[6:1] So Emperor Darius issued orders for a search to be made in the royal records that were kept in Babylon.

[6:2] But it was in the city of Ecbatana in the province of Media that a scroll was found, containing the following record:

[6:3] “In the first year of his reign Emperor Cyrus commanded that the Temple in Jerusalem be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are made and offerings are burned. The Temple is to be ninety feet high and ninety feet wide.

[6:4] The walls are to be built with one layer of wood on top of each three layers of stone. All expenses are to be paid by the royal treasury.

[6:5] Also the gold and silver utensils which King Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babylon from the Temple in Jerusalem are to be returned to their proper place in the Jerusalem Temple.”

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