Ezra 4:21

4:21 Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct. ¹ 

Ezra 6:8

6:8 “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. ² 

[4:21]  ¹ tn Aram “until a command is issued from me.”

[6:8]  ² tn The words “of the work” are not in the Aramaic, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.