Ezra 6:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰ so that they may offer sacrifices pleasing to the God of heaven and pray for the well-being of the king and his sons.^(A)

¹¹ Furthermore, I decree that if anyone defies this edict, a beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled^(B) on it. And for this crime their house is to be made a pile of rubble.^{(C) 12} May God, who has caused his Name to dwell there,^(D) overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem.

I Darius^(E) have decreed it. Let it be carried out with diligence.