00989 EZR 004 021 Give <07761 +suwm > ye now <03705 +k@<an >

commandment <02942 +t@<em > to cause these <00479 +>illek > men

<01400 +g@bar > to cease <{00989} +b@tel > , and that this

<01791 +dek > city <07179 +qash > be not builded <01124 +b@na> >

, until <05704 +<ad > [ another ] commandment <02941 +ta<am >

shall be given <07761 +suwm > from me .

00989 EZR 004 023 Now <00116 +>edayin > when the copy <06573

+parshegen > of king <04430 +melek > Artaxerxes <00783

+>Artachshashta> > letter <05407 +nisht@van > [ was ] read

<07123 +q@ra> > before <06925 +qodam > Rehum <07348 +R@chuwm > ,

and Shimshai <08124 +Shimshay > the scribe <05613 +capher > ,

and their companions <03675 +k@nath > , they went <00236 +>azal

> up in haste <00924 +b@hiyluw > to Jerusalem <03390

+Y@ruwshalem ( Chald ) > unto the Jews <03062 +Y@huwda>iy > ,

and made them to cease <{00989} +b@tel > by force <00153 +>edra<

> and power <02429 +chayil > .

00989 EZR 004 024 Then <00116 +>edayin > ceased <{00989} +b@tel

> the work <05673 +<abiydah > of the house <01005 +bayith > of

God <00426 +>elahh > which <01768 +diy > [ is ] at Jerusalem

<03390 +Y@ruwshalem ( Chald ) > . So it ceased <00989 +b@tel >

unto the second <08648 +t@reyn > year <08140 +sh@nah > of the

reign <04437 +malkuw > of Darius <01868 +Dar@yavesh > king

<04430 +melek > of Persia <06540 +Parac > .

00989 EZR 004 024 Then <00116 +>edayin > ceased <00989 +b@tel >

the work <05673 +<abiydah > of the house <01005 +bayith > of God

<00426 +>elahh > which <01768 +diy > [ is ] at Jerusalem <03390

+Y@ruwshalem ( Chald ) > . So it ceased <{00989} +b@tel > unto

the second <08648 +t@reyn > year <08140 +sh@nah > of the reign

<04437 +malkuw > of Darius <01868 +Dar@yavesh > king <04430

+melek > of Persia <06540 +Parac > .

00989 EZR 005 005 But the eye <05870 +<ayin > of their God

<00426 +>elahh > was upon the elders <07868 +siyb > of the Jews

<03062 +Y@huwda>iy > , that they could not cause them to cease

<{00989} +b@tel > , till <05705 +<ad > the matter <02941 +ta<am

> came <01946 +huwk > to Darius <01868 +Dar@yavesh > : and then

<00116 +>edayin > they returned <08421 +tuwb > answer <08421

+tuwb > by letter <05407 +nisht@van > concerning <05922 +<al >

this <01836 +den > [ matter ] .

00989 EZR 006 008 Moreover I make <07761 +suwm > a decree <02942

+t@<em > what ye shall do <05648 +<abad > to the elders <07868

+siyb > of these <00479 +>illek > Jews <03062 +Y@huwda>iy > for

the building <01124 +b@na> > of this <01791 +dek > house <01005

+bayith > of God <00426 +>elahh > : that of the king s <04430

+melek > goods <05232 +n@kac > , [ even ] of the tribute <04061

+middah > beyond <05675 +<abar > the river <05103 +n@har > ,

forthwith <00629 +>ocparna> > expenses <05313 +niphqa> > be

given <03052 +y@hab > unto these <00479 +>illek > men <01400

+g@bar > , that they be not hindered <{00989} +b@tel > .

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