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“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia,

‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and (A)He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

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(A)In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree:

Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let that house, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be [a]retained, its height being [b]60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:3 Or fixed, laid
  2. Ezra 6:3 Approx. 90 ft. or 27 m, a cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm