I have commanded also to have it built up whole again; and
that they look diligently to help those that be of the captivity
of the Jews, till the house of the Lord be finished:

1 Esdr 6:29
And out of the tribute of Celosyria and Phenice a portion carefully
to be given these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is,
to Zorobabel the governor, for bullocks, and rams, and lambs;

1 Esdr 6:30
And also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every
year without further question, according as the priests that be
in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent:

1 Esdr 6:31
That offerings may be made to the most high God for the king
and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.

1 Esdr 6:32
And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make
light of any thing afore spoken or written, out of his own house
should a tree be taken, and he thereon be hanged, and all his
goods seized for the king.

1 Esdr 6:33
The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly
destroy every king and nation, that stretcheth out his hand to
hinder or endamage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.

1 Esdr 6:34
I Darius the king have ordained that according unto these things
it be done with diligence.

1 Esdr 7:1
Then Sisinnes the governor of Celosyria and Phenice, and Sathrabuzanes,
with their companions following the commandments of king Darius,

1 Esdr 7:2
Did very carefully oversee the holy works, assisting the ancients
of the Jews and governors of the temple.

1 Esdr 7:3
And so the holy works prospered, when Aggeus and Zacharias the
prophets prophesied.

1 Esdr 7:4
And they finished these things by the commandment of the Lord God of
Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus, Darius, and Artexerxes, kings
of Persia.

1 Esdr 7:5
And thus was the holy house finished in the three and twentieth day
of the month Adar, in the sixth year of Darius king of the Persians

1 Esdr 7:6
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and
others that were of the captivity, that were added unto them,
did according to the things written in the book of Moses.

1 Esdr 7:7
And to the dedication of the temple of the Lord they offered
an hundred bullocks two hundred rams, four hundred lambs;

1 Esdr 7:8
And twelve goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the
number of the chief of the tribes of Israel.

1 Esdr 7:9
The priests also and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments,
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