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Ezra 6:3

CyrusJerusalem

1 Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

2 And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

4 with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

5 Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.

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BSB
In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
KJV
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
WEB
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning God’s house at Jerusalem, let the house be built, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be strongly laid, with its height sixty cubits and its width sixty cubits;
ASV
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
DARBY
In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,
BLB
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree about the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid—its height sixty cubits, [and] its width sixty cubits,
ÅB
I kong Kyros' første år gav kong Kyros denne befaling: Hva Guds hus i Jerusalem vedkommer, så skal huset bygges opp igjen, så det blir et sted hvor folk kan bære fram offer; dets grunnvoller skal legges på ny; det skal være seksti alen høyt og seksti alen bredt,
OTB
I det første året av kong Kyros ble det utstedt en befaling angående Guds hus i Jerusalem: La tempelet bli gjenoppbygd som et sted for å ofre, og la dets grunnvoller bli lagt, med en høyde på seksti alen og en bredde på seksti alen,
B1930
I kong Kyros' første år gav kong Kyros denne befaling: Hvad Guds hus i Jerusalem vedkommer, så skal huset bygges op igjen, så det blir et sted hvor folk kan bære frem offer; dets grunnvoller skal legges på ny; det skal være seksti alen høit og seksti alen bredt,

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  • Revelation 21:16

    The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:22–1:4

    In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:

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  • 1 Kings 6:2–3

    The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:3–4

    The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:6

    But who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain Him? Who then am I, that I should build a house for Him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before Him?

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  • Psalms 122:4

    where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

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  • Ezra 5:13–15

    In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

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  • Ezekiel 41:13–15

    Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

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