What penalty did King Darius decree for anyone who altered his edict regarding the rebuilding of the Temple?
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Correct answer: Impalement on a beam from his house
Darius issued a severe warning in Ezra 6:11, stating that anyone who violated the decree should have a timber pulled from their own house and be impaled upon it. He also commanded that their house be made a refuse heap.
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