Therefore Tattenai captain beyond the river, and Shethar-Boznai, (and their companions Apharsecai, which are beyond the River) be ye far [a]from thence.

Suffer ye the work of this house of God, that the captain of the Jews and the Elders of the Jews may build this house of God in his place.

For I have given a commandment what ye shall do to the Elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God, that of the revenues of the King, which is of the tribute beyond the River, there be incontinently expenses given unto these men that they [b]cease not.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:6 Meddle not with them neither hinder them.
  2. Ezra 6:8 For lack of money.

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