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this house of God: that of the king’s goods,
even
of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences
be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
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And that which they have need of, both young
bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and
oil, according to the appointment of the priests which
are
at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by
day without fail:
10
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and
pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
11
Also 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.
12
And the God that hath 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 which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
13
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according
to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
14
And the elders of the Jews builded,
and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo.
And they builded, and finished
it,
according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according
to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
15
And this house was
finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the
king.
16
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the
captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
17
And offered at the dedication of this
house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering
for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18
And they set the
priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which
is
at
Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
19
And the children of the captivity kept the passover
upon the fourteenth
day
of the first month.
20
For the priests and the Levites 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.
21
And the children of Israel, 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 L
ORD
God of Israel, did eat,
22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven
days with joy: for the L
ORD
had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto
them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
CHAPTER 7
Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son
of PrAzariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3
The
son of Amariah, the son of PrAzariah, the son of Meraioth,
4
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi,
the son of Bukki,
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The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the chief priest:
6
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he
was
a ready scribe in the law of Moses,
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