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11 Anyone who attempts to change this message in any way shall have the beams pulled from his house and built into a gallows on which he will be hanged;[a] and his house shall be reduced to a pile of rubble. 12 The God who has chosen the city of Jerusalem will destroy any king and any nation that alters this commandment and destroys this Temple. I, Darius, have issued this decree; let it be obeyed with all diligence.”

13 Governors Tattenai and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions complied at once with the command of King Darius.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:11 hanged, literally, “impaled.”

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