3 (A)In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the (a)temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be (b)retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits; 4 (B)with three layers of huge stones and (c)one layer of timbers. And let the cost be paid from the (d)royal treasury. 5 Also let (C)the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and (e)brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’

Footnotes:

a. Ezra 6:3: ['Lit ', house]
b. Ezra 6:3: ['Or ', fixed, laid]
c. Ezra 6:4: ['So Gr; Aram ', a layer of new timber]
d. Ezra 6:4: ['Lit ', king’s house]
e. Ezra 6:5: ['Lit ', go]

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