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Ezra 4:21
Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built until a decree is made by me.

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Ezra 4:22
Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

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Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they didn’t make them cease until the matter should come to Darius, and an answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

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Ezra 6:8
Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses must be given with all diligence to these men, that they not be hindered.

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