| Ezra 5:8
| Be it known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with unpolished stones; and timber is laid in the walls: and this work is carried on diligently, and advanceth in their hands.
| Unpolished. Protestants, "great." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "to be rolled." See Vitruv. 10:6. Septuagint, "choice stones." Kimchi, etc., "marble." (Calmet) --- 3 Esdras, "polished and precious stones." (Haydock) --- Yet the Vulgate seems more conformable to 1 Esdras 6:4., and Aggeus 2:2. (Menochius) (Ribera) --- Walls, every fourth course, 3 Kings 6:36. (Calmet)
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