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Ezra 6:7 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Leave 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 its place. "

Ezra 6:7

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5 Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everything to its place. You shall put them in God’s house.

6 Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there.

7 Leave 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 its place.

8 Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.

9 That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail,

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Ezra 4:3

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"But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”"

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Ezra 1:3

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"Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem."

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2 Chronicles 24:5

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2 Kings 22:5

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Jeremiah 26:15

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Ezra 6:1

"Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched."

Ezra 6:2

"A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:"

Ezra 6:3

"In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid, with its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits;"

Ezra 6:4

"with three courses of great stones and a course of new timber. Let the expenses be given out of the king’s house."

Ezra 6:5

"Also let the gold and silver vessels of God’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, everything to its place. You shall put them in God’s house."

Ezra 6:6

"Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the River, Shetharbozenai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the River, you must stay far from there."

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