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and out of the tribute of Coelesyria and Phoenicia a portion carefully be given to these men for the sacrifices of the Lord, that is, to Zerubbabel the governor, for bullocks and rams and lambs,
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and also corn, salt, wine, and oil, and that continually every year without further question, according as the priests who are in Jerusalem shall signify to be daily spent,
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that offerings may be made to the Most High God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives."
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And he commanded that whosoever should transgress, yea, or make light of any thing before spoken or written, out of his own house should a tree be taken and he thereon be hanged, and all his goods seized for the king.
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"The Lord therefore, whose name is there called upon, utterly destroy every king and nation that stretcheth out his hand to hinder or damage that house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
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I, Darius the king, have ordained that according unto these things it be done with diligence."