Ezra 5:17

5:17 “Now if the king is so inclined, ¹  let a search be conducted in the royal archives ²  there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.”

Ezra 6:9

6:9 Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by ³  the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect,

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¹ tn Aram “if upon the king it is good.”

² tn Aram “the house of the treasures of the king.”

³ tn Aram “according to the word of.”