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Ezra 6:1-2

Context
Darius Issues a Decree

6:1 So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives 1  of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon. 6:2 A scroll was found in the citadel 2  of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows:

“Memorandum:

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[6:1]  1 tn Aram “the house of the archives.”

[6:2]  2 tc The translation reads בִירְתָא (birta’, citadel”) rather than the reading בְּבִירְתָא (bÿvireta’, “in the citadel”) found in the MT. The MT probably experienced dittography here.



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