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Ezra 5:1-3
Contemporary English Version
Ezra 5:1-3
Contemporary English Version
5 1 (A) Then the Lord God of Israel told the prophets Haggai and Zechariah[a] to speak in his name to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. And they did. 2 (B) So Zerubbabel the governor and Joshua the priest urged the people to start working on the temple again, and God's prophets encouraged them.
3 Governor Tattenai of Western Province and his assistant Shethar Bozenai got together with some of their officials. Then they went to Jerusalem and said to the people, “Who told you to rebuild this temple?
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- 5.1 Zechariah: Aramaic “Zechariah son of Iddo.”
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