Ezra 6:3 Meaning and Explanation
“In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;”
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Read Full Chapter →The recovered decree confirms that Cyrus had commanded the temple rebuilt, with its foundations firmly laid and its dimensions set.
What Does Ezra 6:3 Mean?
This is the official text Cyrus issued years earlier. It names 'the house of God at Jerusalem' as a place for sacrifice and gives its measurements, sixty cubits high and sixty wide. The command to lay the foundations strongly shows it was meant to stand for generations.
The word of a king from years past now answered the accusation of the present. What God had moved Cyrus to decree could not be undone by later opposition. The Lord secures His house upon foundations strongly laid, so that what He establishes endures long after those who began it have passed on.
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What does Ezra 6:3 mean?
The recovered decree confirms that Cyrus had commanded the temple rebuilt, with its foundations firmly laid and its dimensions set.