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Ezra
Chapter 3
1
And when the seventh month was come,
and
the children of Israel were in the cities,
the
people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
2
Then stood up Jeshua, the son of Jozadak,
and
his brethren the priests,
and
Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren,
and
built the altar of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
to
offer burnt offerings thereon,
as
it is written in the law of Moses the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
3 And they set the altar upon his bases.
For
fear was upon them
because
of the people of those countries.
And
they offered burnt offerings thereon unto Jehovah/God,
even
burnt offerings morning and evening.
4
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written,
and
offered the daily burnt offerings by number,
according
to the custom,
as
the duty of every day required.
5
And afterward offered the continual burnt offering,
both
of the new moons,
and
of all the set feasts of Jehovah/God
that
were consecrated,
and
of every one that willingly offered
a
freewill offering unto Jehovah/God.
6
From the first day of the seventh month
they
began to offer burnt offerings unto Jehovah/God.
But the foundation of the temple of Jehovah/God was not yet laid.
7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters.
And
food, and drink, and oil,
unto
them of Zidon,
and
to them of Tyre,
to
bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa,
according
to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
8
Now in the second year of their coming
unto
the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead at Jerusalem,
in
the second month,
began
Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua, the son of Jozadak,
and
the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites,
and
all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem;
and
appointed the Levites,
from
twenty years old and upward,
to
set forward the work of the house of Jehovah/God.
9
Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren,
Kadmiel
and his sons, the sons of Judah, together,
to
set forward the workmen in the house of 'Elohiym/Godhead;
the
sons of Henadad,
with
their sons and their brethren the Levites.
10
And when the builders
laid
the foundation of the temple of Jehovah/God,
they
set the priests in their apparel with trumpets,
and
the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals,
to
praise Jehovah/God,
after
the ordinance of David, king of Israel.
11
And they sang together by course
in
praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah/God . . .
because
He is good,
for
His mercy endures forever toward Israel.
And
all the people shouted with a great shout,
when
they praised Jehovah/God,
because
the foundation of the house of Jehovah/God was laid.
12
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers,
who
were ancient men,
that
had seen the first house,
when
the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes,
wept
with a loud voice.
{the new Temple was not as grand as the first Temple}
However many shouted aloud for joy.
13
So 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 noise was heard afar off.
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