Ezra 6:7

שְׁבֻקוּ לַעֲבִידַת בֵּית ־ אֱלָהָא דֵךְ פַּחַת יְהוּדָיֵא וּלְשָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא בֵּית ־ אֱלָהָא דֵךְ יִבְנוֹן עַל ־ אַתְרֵֽהּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.

In Context

6כְּעַן תַּתְּנַי פַּחַת עֲבַֽר ־ נַהֲרָה שְׁתַר בּוֹזְנַי וּכְנָוָתְהוֹן אֲפַרְסְכָיֵא דִּי בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָה רַחִיקִין הֲווֹ מִן ־ תַּמָּֽה ׃

8וּמִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם לְמָא דִֽי ־ תַֽעַבְדוּן עִם ־ שָׂבֵי יְהוּדָיֵא אִלֵּךְ לְמִבְנֵא בֵּית ־ אֱלָהָא דֵךְ וּמִנִּכְסֵי מַלְכָּא דִּי מִדַּת עֲבַר נַהֲרָה אָסְפַּרְנָא נִפְקְתָא תֶּהֱוֵא מִֽתְיַהֲבָא לְגֻבְרַיָּא אִלֵּךְ דִּי ־ לָא לְבַטָּלָֽא ׃

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Matthew Henry on Ezra 6:2-13

The Favourable Decree of Darius. ( b. c. 519.) 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations… Read the whole commentary →

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