At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues(A) came to the Jews and asked, “Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:3 Or finish its furnishings

The Letter to Darius

This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

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Darius’s Decree

Therefore, you must stay away from that place, Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and your[a] colleagues, the officials in the region.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:6 Lit their

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