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# Connecting Statement:
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This continues the decree that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra.
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# the objects that were freely given to you
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This can be expressed in active form. Alternate translation: "the objects that we have freely given to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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# Place the objects ... before him
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The word "him" refers to God.
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# for the service of the house of your God
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The abstract noun "service" can be expressed with the verbs "serve" or "use." Alternate translation: "to use in the house of your God" or "to serve in the house of your God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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