In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
In þe first yeer of kyng Cirus, Cirus þe kyng demyde, þat, Goddis hows, which is in Jerusalem, schulde be bildid in þe place where þei offren sacrifices, and þat þei sette foundementis supportynge þe heiyþe of sixti cubitis, and þe lengþe of sixti cubitis, thre ordris of stonys vnpolischid,