Ezra 5:3, 9

Ezra 5:3 NIV

At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

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Ezra 5:9 NIV

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We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

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