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Ezra 5:5-9

5ButtheeyeoftheirGodאֱלָהֲהֹ֗ם'e.la.ha.HomH426wasupontheeldersשָׂבֵ֣יsa.VeiH7868oftheJewsיְהוּדָיֵ֔אye.hu.da.Ye'H3062,andtheydidnotmakethemceaseבַטִּ֣לוּva.Ti.luH989tillthematter cametoDariusלְדָרְיָ֣וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshH1868;andthenוֶאֱדַ֛יִןve.'e.Da.yinH116theyreturnedH8421answer by letterconcerningH5922it.

6Thecopyפַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶןpar.She.genH6573oftheletterאִ֠גַּרְתָּא'I.gar.ta'H104thatTatnai,governorפַּחַ֣תpa.ChatH6347onthis sidetheriverנַהֲרָ֗הna.ha.Rah'H5103,andShethar-boznai,andhiscompanionstheApharsachites,whowereonthis sidetheriverנַהֲרָ֑הna.ha.Rah'H5103,senttoDariusדָּרְיָ֖וֶשׁda.re.Ya.veshH1868thekingמַלְכָּֽא׃mal.Ka'H4430.

7Theysentareporttohiminwhichwaswrittenthus:ToDariusלְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁle.da.re.Ya.veshH1868thekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430,allpeaceשְׁלָמָ֥אshe.la.Ma'H8001!

8BeitknownH3046tothekingלְמַלְכָּ֗אle.mal.Ka'H4430thatwewentintotheprovinceמְדִֽינְתָּא֙me.di.ne.Ta'H4083ofJudahH3061,tothehouseלְבֵית֙le.VeitH1005ofthegreatH7229Godאֱלָהָ֣א'e.la.Ha'H426,whichisbeingbuiltH1124withgreatH7229stonesאֶ֣בֶן'E.venH69,andtimberוְאָ֖עve.'A'H636islaidinthewalls,andthisworkוַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּאva.'a.Vid.ta'H5673isbeingcarriedonwithdiligence,andprospersintheirhandבְּיֶדְהֹֽם׃ סbe.yed.HomH3028.

9Thenאֱדַ֗יִן'e.Da.yinH116askedשְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙she.'E.le.na'H7593wethoseeldersלְשָׂבַיָּ֣אle.sa.vai.Ya'H7868:thuswesaidH560tothem,Whogaveyouorderstobuildthishouseבַּיְתָ֤אbay.Ta'H1005andtocompletethiswall?

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