Ezra 5:9

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⁹“Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?”

“We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’

Then we asked those elders and said this to them, ‘Who issued forth to you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

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