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A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it:

“Memorandum:

“In the first year of Cyrus the king, King Cyrus issued a decree concerning the House of God at Jerusalem.

“Let the House be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be laid. Its height is to be sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. Let the expense be paid from the king’s house.

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