Ezra 5:3-5

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ At the same time Tat′tenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and She′thar-boz′enai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?” ⁴ They^[a] also asked them this, “What are the names of the men who are building this building?” ⁵ But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them till a report should reach Dari′us and then answer be returned by letter concerning it.