Edict of Cyrus
Special recognition of the permission of Cyrus for the Jews to carry back with them the precious ornaments and sacred vessels of the Temple of Solomon which had been preserved is commemorated in the Royal Arch Degree, and referred to in the Fifteenth Degree, or Knight of the East, of the Scottish Rite.
See Babylonian Captivity.
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