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Book of Ezra, Chapter 6

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Ezra 6 NASB - New American Standard BibleEzra 6 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 6 of Ezra—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Then King Darius issued a decree, and 1search was made in the [a]archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.
  2. In [b]Ecbatana in the fortress, which is 2in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: “Memorandum—
  3. 3In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: ‘Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the [c]temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be [d]retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;
  4. 4with three layers of huge stones and [e]one layer of timbers. And let the cost be paid from the [f]royal treasury.
  5. Also let 5the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and [g]brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’
  6. ¶ “Now therefore, 6Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the [h]River, Shethar-bozenai and [i]your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the [j]River, [k]keep away from there.
  7. Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.
  8. Moreover, 7I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay.
  9. Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail,
  10. that they may offer [l]acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and 8pray for the life of the king and his sons.
  11. And I issued a decree that 9any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and 10his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this.
  12. May the God who 11has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who [m]attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!”
  13. ¶ Then 12Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent.
  14. And 13the elders of the Jews [n]were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And [o]they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree 14of Cyrus, 15Darius, and 16Artaxerxes king of Persia.
  15. This [p]temple was completed [q]on the third day of the 17month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
  16. ¶ And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the [r]exiles, 18celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
  17. They offered for the dedication of this temple of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 1912 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.
  18. Then they appointed the priests to 20their divisions and the Levites in 21their orders for the service of God [s]in Jerusalem, 22as it is written in the book of Moses.
  19. 23The exiles observed the Passover on 24the fourteenth of the first month.
  20. 25For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then 26they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.
  21. The sons of Israel who returned from exile and 27all those who had separated themselves from 28the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate the Passover.
  22. And 29they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and 30had turned the heart of 31the king of Assyria toward them to [t]encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit house of the books
  2. ^ Aram Achmetha
  3. ^ Lit house
  4. ^ Or fixed, laid
  5. ^ So Gr; Aram a layer of new timber
  6. ^ Lit king’s house
  7. ^ Lit go
  8. ^ I.e. Euphrates River, and so throughout the ch
  9. ^ Aram their
  10. ^ I.e. Euphrates River, and so throughout the ch
  11. ^ Lit be distant
  12. ^ Lit pleasing; or sweet-smelling sacrifices
  13. ^ Lit sends his hand
  14. ^ Lit were building and succeeding
  15. ^ Lit built and finished
  16. ^ Lit house
  17. ^ Lit until
  18. ^ Lit sons of the captivity
  19. ^ Lit which is in
  20. ^ Lit strengthen their hands

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ezr 5:17
  2. ^ 2Ki 17:6
  3. ^ Ezr 1:1; 5:13
  4. ^ 1Ki 6:36
  5. ^ Ezr 1:7; 5:14
  6. ^ Ezr 5:3; 6:13
  7. ^ Ezr 6:4; 7:14-22
  8. ^ Ezr 7:23; Je 29:7; 1Ti 2:1, 2
  9. ^ Ezr 7:26
  10. ^ Da 2:5; 3:29
  11. ^ De 12:5, 11; 1Ki 9:3
  12. ^ Ezr 6:6
  13. ^ Ezr 5:1, 2
  14. ^ Ezr 1:1; 5:13
  15. ^ Ezr 4:24; 6:12
  16. ^ Ezr 7:1
  17. ^ Es 3:7
  18. ^ 1Ki 8:63; 2Ch 7:5
  19. ^ Ezr 8:35
  20. ^ 1Ch 24:1; 2Ch 35:5
  21. ^ 1Ch 23:6
  22. ^ Nu 3:6; 8:9
  23. ^ Ezr 1:11
  24. ^ Ex 12:6
  25. ^ 2Ch 29:34; 30:15
  26. ^ 2Ch 35:11
  27. ^ Ne 9:2; 10:28
  28. ^ Ezr 9:11
  29. ^ Ex 12:15
  30. ^ Ezr 7:27; Pr 21:1
  31. ^ Ezr 1:1; 6:1

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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