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They[a] also said this to them: “What are the names of the men who are building this building?”

However, the eye of their God was on the Judean elders, and the officials did not make them stop until the report could go to Darius, and they could respond on the basis of a document concerning this matter.

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar Bozenai and his associates, officials who are in Trans-Euphrates, sent to King Darius.

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  1. Ezra 5:4 The translation follows a variant supported by the Greek and Syriac. The Aramaic text has we.