1 Esdras 5:70
“Then Zorobabel and Iesus, and the chiefe of the families of Israel said vnto them, It is not for vs and you to build together an house vnto the Lord our God.”
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1 Esdras 5:70 Context
68So they went to Zorobabel and Iesus, and to the chiefe of the families, and said vnto them, We will build together with you. 69For we likewise, as you, doe obey your Lord, and doe sacrifice vnto him from the dayes of Asbazareth the king of the Assyrians who brought vs hither 70Then Zorobabel and Iesus, and the chiefe of the families of Israel said vnto them, It is not for vs and you to build together an house vnto the Lord our God. 71We our selues alone will build vnto the Lord of Israel, according as Cyrus the King of the Persians hath commanded vs. 72But the heathen of the land lying heauy vpon the inhabitants of Iudea, and holding them straite, hindred their building:
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Then Zorobabel and Jesus and the chief of the families of Israel said unto them, It is not for us and you to build together an house unto the Lord our God.
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