Ezra 6:14 - Prayer Tents

Ezra 6

The Decree of Darius

6Then King Darius issued a decree, and a search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.H116H1868H4430H7761H2942H1240H1005H5609H8536H1596H5182H8952And at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll was found, and in it a record was written thus:H7912H307H1001H4083H4076H2298H4040H1459H1799H3652H37903In the first year of King Cyrus, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: "Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices; and let the foundations of it be firmly laid, its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits,H2298H8140H3567H4430H3567H4430H7761H2942H1005H426H3390H1005H1124H870H1684H1685H787H5446H7314H8361H521H6613H8361H5214with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the expenses be paid from the king's treasury.H8532H5073H1560H69H5073H2323H636H5313H3052H4481H4430H10055Also let the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple which is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and taken back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; and deposit them in the house of God"—H638H1722H3702H3984H1005H426H5020H5312H4481H1965H3390H2987H895H8421H1946H1965H3390H870H5182H1005H4266Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and your companions the Persians who are beyond the River, keep yourselves far from there.H3705H8674H6347H5675H5103H8370H3675H671H5675H5103H1934H7352H4481H85367Let 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 on its site.H5673H1791H1005H426H7662H6347H3062H7868H3062H1124H1791H1005H426H5922H8708Moreover I issue a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God: Let the cost be paid at the king's expense from taxes on the region beyond the River; this is to be given immediately to these men, so that they are not hindered.H4481H7761H2942H3964H5648H5974H7868H479H3062H1124H1791H1005H426H4430H5232H1768H4061H5675H5103H629H5313H1934H3052H479H1400H3809H9899And whatever they need—young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the request of the priests who are in Jerusalem—let it be given them day by day without fail,H4101H2818H1123H8450H1798H563H5928H426H8065H2591H4416H2562H4887H3983H3549H3390H1934H3052H3118H3118H3809H796010that they may offer sacrifices of sweet aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his sons.H1934H7127H5208H426H8065H6739H2417H4430H112311Also I issue a decree that whoever alters this edict, let a timber be pulled from his house and erected, and let him be hanged on it; and let his house be made a refuse heap because of this.H4481H7761H2942H3606H606H8133H1836H6600H636H5256H4481H1005H2211H4223H5922H1005H5648H5122H5922H183612And may the God who causes His name to dwell there destroy any king or people who put their hand to alter it, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius issue a decree; let it be done diligently.H426H8036H7932H8536H4049H3606H4430H5972H7972H3028H8133H2255H1791H1005H426H3390H576H1868H7761H2942H5648H629

The Temple Completed and Dedicated

13Then Tattenai, governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Boznai, and their companions diligently did according to what King Darius had sent.H116H8674H6347H5675H5103H8370H3675H6903H1868H4430H7972H3660H5648H62914So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.H7868H3062H1124H6744H5017H2292H5029H2148H1247H5714H1124H3635H4481H2941H426H3479H2942H3567H1868H783H4430H654015Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.H1836H1005H3319H5705H8532H3118H3393H144H1932H8353H8140H4437H1868H443016Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.H1123H3479H3549H3879H7606H1123H1547H5648H2597H1836H1005H426H230517And they offered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.H7127H2597H1836H1005H426H3969H8450H3969H1798H703H3969H563H2402H2409H5922H3606H3479H8648H6236H6841H5796H4510H7625H347918They assigned the priests to their divisions and the Levites to their divisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.H6966H3549H6392H3879H4255H5922H5673H426H3390H3792H5609H4873

The Passover Celebrated

19And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.H1121H1473H6213H6453H702H6240H7223H232020For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves; all of them were ritually clean. And they slaughtered the Passover lambs for all the descendants of the captivity, for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.H3548H3881H2891H259H2889H7819H6453H1121H1473H251H354821Then the children of Israel who had returned from the captivity ate together with all who had separated themselves from the filth of the nations of the land in order to seek the LORD God of Israel.H1121H3478H7725H1473H914H2932H1471H776H1875H3068H430H3478H39822And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the LORD made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.H6213H2282H4682H7651H3117H8057H3068H8055H5437H3820H4428H804H2388H3027H4399H1004H430H430H3478