Esdras 6:3-5

3 En el primer año de su reinado, el rey Ciro promulgó el siguiente edicto respecto al templo de Dios en Jerusalén:Que se echen los cimientos y se reconstruya el templo, para que en él se ofrezcan holocaustos. Tendrá veintisiete metros^[a] tanto de alto como de ancho,

4 tres hileras de piedras grandes, y una de madera. Todos los gastos serán sufragados por el tesoro real.

5 Con respecto a los utensilios de oro y de plata que Nabucodonosor sacó del templo de Jerusalén y llevó a Babilonia, que los devuelvan a Jerusalén, y que se pongan en el templo de Dios, donde deben estar.

Esdras 6:3-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 6

Darius, on receiving the letter from his officers in Samaria, searched for the decree of Cyrus, and found it, and which he confirmed, Ezr 6:1-7 and made a fresh decree, and ordered expenses to be given out of his tribute for the building of the temple, and for the sacrifices of it; and that whosoever altered it should be hanged on the timber of his own house, and imprecated a curse on those that should destroy the house of God, Ezr 6:8-12 upon which the building went on, and was finished, Ezr 6:13-15 and the temple was dedicated to God in a solemn manner, Ezr 6:16-18, and the passover was kept by all the people, Ezr 6:19-22.

Footnotes

• [a] "veintisiete metros" . Lit. "sesenta codos" .