Ezra 3
3
Rebuilding the Temple
1When the seventh month arrived and the sons of Israel were settled in the towns, the people gathered together as one man in Jerusalem.
2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak, his fellow kohanim, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his associates began to build the altar of the God of Israel, in order to offer burnt offerings on it as written in the Torah of Moses, the man of God.
3They set up the altar on its fixed resting place despite their fear of the peoples of the lands and they offered burnt offerings on it to Adonai, both the morning and the evening sacrifices.
4They also kept the Feast of Sukkot as it is written and offered the prescribed number of daily burnt offerings according to the requirement for each day.
5After that they presented the regular burnt offerings, the new moon sacrifices and the sacrifices for all the sacred moadim of Adonai, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to Adonai.
6From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer burnt offerings to Adonai, though the foundation of the Temple of Adonai had not been laid.
7So they gave money to the stone-masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians to bring cedar trees by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by King Cyrus of Persia.
8In the second month of the second year after they had come to the House of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers—the kohanim, the Levites and all who returned from captivity to Jerusalem—began the work. They appointed the Levites from twenty years of age and older to supervise the work on the House of Adonai.
9Then Jeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, stood together to supervise those working in the House of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their brothers, the Levites.
10When the builders had laid the foundation of the Temple of Adonai, the kohanim, arrayed in their vestments and with clarions, and the Levites sons of Asaph with cymbals, were stationed to praise Adonai as prescribed by King David of Israel.
11With praise and thanksgiving they sang to Adonai, “For He is good; For His mercy upon Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to Adonai because the foundation of the House of Adonai had been laid.
12But many of the kohanim, Levites and patriarchal leaders, older men who had seen the former House, wept loudly at the sight of the founding of this House, while many shouted for joy.
13People could not distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of the people’s weeping. For the people were shouting so loudly that the sound was heard far away.
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Ezra 3
3
Worship Restored at Jerusalem
1And when the #Neh. 7:73; 8:1, 2seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. 2Then Jeshua the son of #1 Chr. 6:14, 15; Ezra 4:3; Neh. 12:1, 8; Hag. 1:1; 2:2Jozadak and his brethren the priests, #Ezra 2:2; 4:2, 3; 5:2and Zerubbabel the son of #1 Chr. 3:17Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is #Deut. 12:5, 6written in the Law of Moses the man of God. 3Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered #Num. 28:3burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening burnt offerings. 4#Lev. 23:33–43; Neh. 8:14–18; Zech. 14:16They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, #Ex. 23:16as it is written, and #Num. 29:12, 13offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day. 5Afterwards they offered the #Ex. 29:38; Num. 28:3, 11, 19, 26; Ezra 1:4; 2:68; 7:15, 16; 8:28regular burnt offering, and those for New Moons and for all the appointed feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and those of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to the Lord. 6From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid. 7They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and #1 Kin. 5:6, 9; 2 Chr. 2:10; Acts 12:20food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to #2 Chr. 2:16; Acts 9:36Joppa, #Ezra 1:2; 6:3according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
Restoration of the Temple Begins
8Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, #Ezra 3:2; 4:3Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work #1 Chr. 23:4, 24and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord. 9Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of Judah, arose as one to oversee those working on the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
10When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, #1 Chr. 16:5, 6the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the #1 Chr. 6:31; 16:4; 25:1ordinance of David king of Israel. 11#Ex. 15:21; 2 Chr. 7:3; Neh. 12:24And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord:
#1 Chr. 16:34; Ps. 136:1“For He is good,
#1 Chr. 16:41; Jer. 33:11For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.”
Then all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
12But many of the priests and Levites and #Ezra 2:68heads of the fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this temple was laid before their eyes. Yet many shouted aloud for joy, 13so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard afar off.
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