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Ezra 6:12-22

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
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day
<03118>

of the month
<03393>

Adar
<0144>_,

which was
<01932>

in the sixth
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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>_.

6:20

For the priests
<03548>

and the Levites
<03881>

were purified
<02891> (8694)

together
<0259>_,

all of them [were] pure
<02889>_,

and killed
<07819> (8799)

the passover
<06453>

for all the children
<01121>

of the captivity
<01473>_,

and for their brethren
<0251>

the priests
<03548>_,

and for themselves.

6:21

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

which were come again
<07725> (8802)

out of captivity
<01473>_,

and all such as had separated
<0914> (8737)

themselves unto them from the filthiness
<02932>

of the heathen
<01471>

of the land
<0776>_,

to seek
<01875> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

did eat
<0398> (8799)_,

6:22

And kept
<06213> (8799)

the feast
<02282>

of unleavened bread
<04682>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>

with joy
<08057>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

had made them joyful
<08055> (8765)_,

and turned
<05437> (8689)

the heart
<03820>

of the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>

unto them, to strengthen
<02388> (8763)

their hands
<03027>

in the work
<04399>

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

the God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_.