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Ezra 6:3

CyrusJerusalem

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

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;

4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king’s house:

5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them 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

    And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:22–1:4

    Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

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  • 1 Kings 6:2–3

    And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

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  • 2 Chronicles 3:3–4

    Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

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  • 2 Chronicles 2:6

    But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?

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  • Psalms 122:4

    Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

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  • Ezra 5:13–15

    But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

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  • Ezekiel 41:13–15

    So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;

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