4 with one row of wooden beams for each three rows of large stones. The royal treasury will pay for everything.
5 Then the gold and silver things that Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple and brought to Babylonia are to be returned to their proper places.
6 King Darius sent this message:Governor Tattenai of Western Province and Shethar Bozenai, you and your advisors must stay away from the temple.
7 Let the Jewish governor and leaders rebuild it where it stood before. And stop slowing them down!
8 Starting at once, I am ordering you to help the leaders by paying their expenses from the tax money collected in Western Province.
9 And don't fail to let the priests in Jerusalem have whatever they need each day so they can offer sacrifices to the God of heaven. Give them young bulls, rams, sheep, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil.
10 I want them to be able to offer pleasing sacrifices to God and to pray for me and my family.