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I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and that they look diligently to help
those that be of the captivity of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:
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And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully to be given these men for
the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;
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And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question,
according as the priests that be in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:
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That offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that
they may pray for their lives.
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And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing afore
spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all
his goods seized for the king.
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The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation,
that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
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I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence.
CHAPTER ESDRAS 7
Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes, with their companions
following the commandments of king Darius,
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Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients of the Jews and governors of
the temple.
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And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the prophets prophesied.
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And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of Israel, and with the
consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artexerxes, kings of Persia.
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And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day of the month Adar, in the
sixth year of Darius king of the Persians
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And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and others that were of the captivity,
that were added unto them, did according to the things written in the book of Moses.
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And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered an hundred bullocks two hundred
rams, four hundred lambs;
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And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the chief of the tribes of
Israel.
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The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to their kindreds,
in the service of the Lord God of Israel, according to the book of Moses: and the porters at every
gate.
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And the children of Israel that were of the captivity held the passover the fourteenth day of
the first month, after that the priests and the Levites were sanctified.
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