Ezra 6:20 - Prayer Tents

Ezra 6

Darius Finds Cyrus’s Decree

6Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.H116H1868H4430H7761H2942H1240H1005H5609H8536H1596H5182H8952And in Ecbatana in the fortress, which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: "Memorandum—H7912H307H1001H4083H4076H2298H4040H1459H1799H3652H37903"In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: '[ Concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, let the temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;H2298H8140H3567H4430H3567H4430H7761H2942H1005H426H3390H1005H1124H870H1684H1685H787H5446H7314H8361H521H6613H8361H5214with three layers of huge stones, and one layer of timbers. And let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.H8532H5073H1560H69H5073H2323H636H5313H3052H4481H4430H10055'And also let the gold and silver utensils of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put [them] in the house of God.'H638H1722H3702H3984H1005H426H5020H5312H4481H1965H3390H2987H895H8421H1946H1965H3390H870H5182H1005H4266"Now [therefore,] Tattenai, governor of [the province] beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your colleagues, the officials of [the provinces] beyond the River, keep away from there.H3705H8674H6347H5675H5103H8370H3675H671H5675H5103H1934H7352H4481H85367"Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.H5673H1791H1005H426H7662H6347H3062H7868H3062H1124H1791H1005H426H5922H8708"Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of [the provinces] beyond the River, and that without delay.H4481H7761H2942H3964H5648H5974H7868H479H3062H1124H1791H1005H426H4430H5232H1768H4061H5675H5103H629H5313H1934H3052H479H1400H3809H9899"And whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, [it] is to be given to them daily without fail,H4101H2818H1123H8450H1798H563H5928H426H8065H2591H4416H2562H4887H3983H3549H3390H1934H3052H3118H3118H3809H796010that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.H1934H7127H5208H426H8065H6739H2417H4430H112311"And I issued a decree that any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this.H4481H7761H2942H3606H606H8133H1836H6600H636H5256H4481H1005H2211H4223H5922H1005H5648H5122H5922H183612"And may the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change [it,] so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued [this] decree, let [it] be carried out with all diligence!"H426H8036H7932H8536H4049H3606H4430H5972H7972H3028H8133H2255H1791H1005H426H3390H576H1868H7761H2942H5648H629

The Temple Completed and Dedicated

13Then Tattenai, the governor of [the province] beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out [the decree] with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent.H116H8674H6347H5675H5103H8370H3675H6903H1868H4430H7972H3660H5648H62914And the elders of the Jews were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.H7868H3062H1124H6744H5017H2292H5029H2148H1247H5714H1124H3635H4481H2941H426H3479H2942H3567H1868H783H4430H654015And this temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.H1836H1005H3319H5705H8532H3118H3393H144H1932H8353H8140H4437H1868H443016And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.H1123H3479H3549H3879H7606H1123H1547H5648H2597H1836H1005H426H230517And they offered for the dedication of this temple of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.H7127H2597H1836H1005H426H3969H8450H3969H1798H703H3969H563H2402H2409H5922H3606H3479H8648H6236H6841H5796H4510H7625H347918Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.H6966H3549H6392H3879H4255H5922H5673H426H3390H3792H5609H4873

The Passover Observed

19And the exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.H1121H1473H6213H6453H702H6240H7223H232020For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then they slaughtered the Passover [lamb] for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.H3548H3881H2891H259H2889H7819H6453H1121H1473H251H354821And the sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to [join] them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate [the Passover.]H1121H3478H7725H1473H914H2932H1471H776H1875H3068H430H3478H39822And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.H6213H2282H4682H7651H3117H8057H3068H8055H5437H3820H4428H804H2388H3027H4399H1004H430H430H3478