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the first day of the seventh month
This is the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. The first day is near the middle of September on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
the temple had not been founded
The Jews began the ceremonies of worship even before they started building the temple. AT: "they had not yet laid the foundation for the temple" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
as authorized for them by Cyrus, king of Persia
The letters sent by Cyrus gave the Jews permission to buy materials and build the temple.
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- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/sidon
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/tyre
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cedar
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/lebanon
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/joppa
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cyrus
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/persia