To inculcate obedience to his command, Darius threatens to punish its transgression with death: "If any one alters this command, let a beam be torn from his ...

Ezra 6:11 reveals the strict penalties for those who would dare oppose this divine initiative.

Let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him, be hanged thereon; that is, let a beam be taken from it, and a gallows or gibbet made of ...

Let his house be made a dunghill — Let it be reduced to ruins, and never more used, except for the most sordid and unclean purposes.

He shall be impaled upon it is literally “lifted up he shall be beaten upon it.” Impaling was a Persian practice inherited from the Assyrians and was used as a ...

A beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled on it. And for this crime their house is to be made a pile of rubble.

Ezra 6:11 Furthermore, I decree that if anyone defies this edict, a beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled on it.

Symbolically, the decree in Ezra 6:11 serves as a reminder of the enduring power of God's word and the consequences of deviating from it. The protection ...

22 окт. 2024 г. · Ezra 6:11 records a severe warning issued by King Darius to enforce his decree about the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.

David Guzik commentary on Ezra 6 describes Darius' respond to the request of resuming the work at the temple, and how it is finished and dedicated.