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Ezra 6:1-19

6:1

Then
<0116>

Darius
<01868>

the king
<04430>

made
<07761> (8754)

a decree
<02942>_,

and search
<01240> (8745)

was made in the house
<01005>

of the rolls
<05609>_,

where
<08536>

the treasures
<01596>

were laid up
<05182> (8683)

in Babylon
<0895>_.

{rolls: Chaldee, books} {laid up: Chaldee, made to descend}

6:2

And there was found
<07912> (8728)

at Achmetha
<0307>_,

in the palace
<01001>

that [is] in the province
<04083>

of the Medes
<04076>_,

a
<02298>

roll
<04040>_,

and therein
<01459>

[was] a record
<01799>

thus
<03652>

written
<03790> (8752)_:

{Achmetha: or, Ecbatana, or, in a coffer}

6:3

In the first
<02298>

year
<08140>

of Cyrus
<03567>

the king
<04430>

[the same] Cyrus
<03567>

the king
<04430>

made
<07761> (8754)

a decree
<02942>

[concerning] the house
<01005>

of God
<0426>

at Jerusalem
<03390>_,

Let the house
<01005>

be builded
<01124> (8731)_,

the place
<0870>

where they offered
<01684> (8751)

sacrifices
<01685>_,

and let the foundations
<0787>

thereof be strongly laid
<05446> (8775)_;

the height
<07314>

thereof threescore
<08361>

cubits
<0521>_,

[and] the breadth
<06613>

thereof threescore
<08361>

cubits
<0521>_;

6:4

[With] three
<08532>

rows
<05073>

of great
<01560>

stones
<069>_,

and a row
<05073>

of new
<02323>

timber
<0636>_:

and let the expenses
<05313>

be given
<03052> (8725)

out of
<04481>

the king's
<04430>

house
<01005>_:

6:5

And also
<0638>

let the golden
<01722>

and silver
<03702>

vessels
<03984>

of the house
<01005>

of God
<0426>_,

which Nebuchadnezzar
<05020>

took forth
<05312> (8684)

out of
<04481>

the temple
<01965>

which [is] at Jerusalem
<03390>_,

and brought
<02987> (8684)

unto Babylon
<0895>_,

be restored
<08421> (8681)_,

and brought again
<01946> (8748)

unto the temple
<01965>

which [is] at Jerusalem
<03390>_,

[every one] to his place
<0870>_,

and place
<05182> (8681)

[them] in the house
<01005>

of God
<0426>_.

{brought again: Chaldee, go}

6:6

Now
<03705>

[therefore], Tatnai
<08674>_,

governor
<06347>

beyond
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

Shetharboznai
<08370>_,

and your companions
<03675>

the Apharsachites
<0671>_,

which [are] beyond
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

be ye
<01934> (8754)

far
<07352>

from
<04481>

thence
<08536>_:

{your...: Chaldee, their societies}

6:7

Let the work
<05673>

of this
<01791>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>

alone
<07662> (8747)_;

let the governor
<06347>

of the Jews
<03062>

and the elders
<07868> (8750)

of the Jews
<03062>

build
<01124> (8748)

this
<01791>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>

in
<05922>

his place
<0870>_.

6:8

Moreover I
<04481>

make
<07761> (8752)

a decree
<02942>

what
<03964>

ye shall do
<05648> (8748)

to
<05974>

the elders
<07868> (8750)

of these
<0479>

Jews
<03062>

for the building
<01124> (8749)

of this
<01791>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>_:

that of the king's
<04430>

goods
<05232>_,

[even] of
<01768>

the tribute
<04061>

beyond
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

forthwith
<0629>

expenses
<05313>

be
<01934> (8748)

given
<03052> (8727)

unto these
<0479>

men
<01400>_,

that they be not
<03809>

hindered
<0989> (8749)_.

{I make...: Chaldee, by me a decree is made} {hindered: Chaldee, made to cease}

6:9

And that which
<04101>

they have need of
<02818> (8750)_,

both young
<01123>

bullocks
<08450>_,

and rams
<01798>_,

and lambs
<0563>_,

for the burnt offerings
<05928>

of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

wheat
<02591>_,

salt
<04416>_,

wine
<02562>_,

and oil
<04887>_,

according to the appointment
<03983>

of the priests
<03549>

which [are] at Jerusalem
<03390>_,

let it be
<01934> (8748)

given
<03052> (8727)

them day
<03118>

by day
<03118>

without
<03809>

fail
<07960>_:

6:10

That they may offer
<01934> (8748) <07127> (8683)

sacrifices of sweet savours
<05208>

unto the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

and pray
<06739> (8743)

for the life
<02417>

of the king
<04430>_,

and of his sons
<01123>_.

{of sweet...: Chaldee, of rest}

6:11

Also
<04481>

I have made
<07761> (8752)

a decree
<02942>_,

that whosoever
<03606> <0606>

shall alter
<08133> (8681)

this
<01836>

word
<06600>_,

let timber
<0636>

be pulled down
<05256> (8725)

from
<04481>

his house
<01005>_,

and being set up
<02211> (8752)_,

let him be hanged
<04223> (8725)

thereon
<05922>_;

and let his house
<01005>

be made
<05648> (8725)

a dunghill
<05122>

for
<05922>

this
<01836>_.

{let him...: Chaldee, let him be destroyed}

6:12

And the God
<0426>

that hath caused his name
<08036>

to dwell
<07932> (8745)

there
<08536>

destroy
<04049> (8741)

all
<03606>

kings
<04430>

and people
<05972>_,

that shall put
<07972> (8748)

to their hand
<03028>

to alter
<08133> (8682)

[and] to destroy
<02255> (8742)

this
<01791>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>

which [is] at Jerusalem
<03390>_.

I
<0576>

Darius
<01868>

have made
<07761> (8754)

a decree
<02942>_;

let it be done
<05648> (8725)

with speed
<0629>_.

6:13

Then
<0116>

Tatnai
<08674>_,

governor
<06347>

on this side
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

Shetharboznai
<08370>_,

and their companions
<03675>_,

according
<06903>

to that which Darius
<01868>

the king
<04430>

had sent
<07972> (8754)_,

so
<03660>

they did
<05648> (8754)

speedily
<0629>_.

6:14

And the elders
<07868> (8750)

of the Jews
<03062>

builded
<01124> (8750)_,

and they prospered
<06744> (8683)

through the prophesying
<05017>

of Haggai
<02292>

the prophet
<05029>

and Zechariah
<02148>

the son
<01247>

of Iddo
<05714>_.

And they builded
<01124> (8754)_,

and finished
<03635> (8806)

[it], according
<04481>

to the commandment
<02941>

of the God
<0426>

of Israel
<03479>_,

and according to the commandment
<02942>

of Cyrus
<03567>_,

and Darius
<01868>_,

and Artaxerxes
<0783>

king
<04430>

of Persia
<06540>_.

{commandment: Chaldee, decree}

6:15

And this
<01836>

house
<01005>

was finished
<03319> (8806)

on
<05705>

the third
<08532>

day
<03118>

of the month
<03393>

Adar
<0144>_,

which was
<01932>

in the sixth
<08353>

year
<08140>

of the reign
<04437>

of Darius
<01868>

the king
<04430>_.

6:16

And the children
<01123>

of Israel
<03479>_,

the priests
<03549>_,

and the Levites
<03879>_,

and the rest
<07606>

of the children
<01123>

of the captivity
<01547>_,

kept
<05648> (8754)

the dedication
<02597>

of this
<01836>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>

with joy
<02305>_,

{the children of the captivity: Chaldee, the sons of the transportation}

6:17

And offered
<07127> (8684)

at the dedication
<02597>

of this
<01836>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>

an hundred
<03969>

bullocks
<08450>_,

two hundred
<03969>

rams
<01798>_,

four
<0703>

hundred
<03969>

lambs
<0563>_;

and for a sin offering
<02402> (8675) <02409>

for
<05922>

all
<03606>

Israel
<03479>_,

twelve
<08648> <06236>

he
<06841>

goats
<05796>_,

according to the number
<04510>

of the tribes
<07625>

of Israel
<03479>_.

6:18

And they set
<06966> (8684)

the priests
<03549>

in their divisions
<06392>_,

and the Levites
<03879>

in their courses
<04255>_,

for
<05922>

the service
<05673>

of God
<0426>_,

which [is] at Jerusalem
<03390>_;

as it is written
<03792>

in the book
<05609>

of Moses
<04873>_.

{as it is...: Chaldee, according to the writing}

6:19

And the children
<01121>

of the captivity
<01473>

kept
<06213> (8799)

the passover
<06453>

upon the fourteenth
<0702> <06240>

[day] of the first
<07223>

month
<02320>_.