Ezra 6
6
1Then Daryavesh (Darius) [lord] the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion].
2And there was found at Achm’ta (Ecbatana) [meaning unknown], in the palace that [is] in the province of the Medes [middle land], a roll, and in it [was] a record thus written:
3In the first year of Koresh (Cyrus) [possess you the furnace] the king [the same] Koresh (Cyrus) [possess you the furnace] the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], Let the house be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
4 [With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house:
5And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], which N’vukhadnetzar [May Nebo protect the crown] took forth out of the temple which [is] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], and brought unto Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion], be restored, and brought again unto the temple which [is] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], [every one] to his place, and place [them] in the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].
6Now [therefore], Tatnai [gift], governor beyond the river, Sh’tar-Boznai [star of splendour], and your companions the Afar’s’khi [as causers of division], which [are] beyond the river, be you2f far from there:
7Let the work of this house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] alone; let the governor of the Y’hudim (Judeans) and the elders of the Y’hudim (Judeans) build this house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] in his place.
8Moreover I make a decree what you2f shall do to the elders of these Y’hudim (Judeans) for the building of this house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]: that of the king’s goods, [even] of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
9And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which [are] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace], let it be given them day by day without fail:
10That they may offer sacrifices of soothing aromas unto the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
11Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
12And the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] that has caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter [and] to destroy this house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] which [is] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]. I Daryavesh (Darius) [lord] have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
13Then Tatnai [gift], governor on this side the river, Sh’tar-Boznai [star of splendour], and their companions, according to that which Daryavesh (Darius) [lord] the king had sent, so they did speedily.
14And the elders of the Y’hudim (Judeans) built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Hagai [festive] the prophet and Z’kharyah [Yehovah remembers] the son of ‘Iddo [His witness]. And they built, and finished [it], according to the commandment of the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and according to the commandment of Koresh (Cyrus) [possess you the furnace], and Daryavesh (Darius) [lord], and Artach’shashta [I will make the spoiled to boil: I will stir myself (in) winter] king of Paras (Persia) [pure or splendid].
15And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Daryavesh (Darius) [lord] the king.
16And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], the priests, and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] with joy,
17And offered at the dedication of this house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] in their courses, for the service of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], which [is] at Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace]; as it is written in the book of Moshe [He Who Draws Out Of The Waters].
19And the children of the captivity kept the Passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
20For the priests and the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] were purified together, all of them [were] pure, and killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
21And the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], did eat,
22And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Ashur [the level plain] (the land of the sons of Shem (name, renown (great reputation; being well-known))) unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered], the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
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