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The following was found written on a scroll in Ecbatana at the summer[a] palace of the province of Media:

Date: First year of Cyrus the King

From: King Cyrus

Subject: The Temple of God in Jerusalem

Let the Temple be rebuilt where they offered sacrifices. Let the foundations thereof be laid with a height of 60 cubits[b] and a width of 60 cubits,[c] constructed[d] with three layers of foundation[e] stone interlaced with a row of new timber, the expenses for which are to be paid from the king’s treasury.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:2 The Aram. lacks summer
  2. Ezra 6:3 I.e. about 90 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  3. Ezra 6:3 I.e. about 90 feet; a cubit was about eighteen inches
  4. Ezra 6:4 The Aram. lacks constructed
  5. Ezra 6:4 Lit. heavy