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    Ezra · 13 verses

    Ezra 3

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    When the temple foundation is laid, the congregation makes such a racket that joy and weeping become indistinguishable.

    The altar before the templevv. 1–7

    By the seventh month, Israel had settled in its towns and assembled as one in Jerusalem. Jeshua and Zerubbabel began with the altar, setting it upon its foundation and offering the morning and evening burnt offerings, despite fearing the people of the land. The Feast of Tabernacles followed, along with the regular offerings, the offerings for New Moons and sacred feasts, and the freewill offerings. The temple itself had not yet found its foundation, but its altar was already very much in business. Cedar was ordered from Lebanon, brought by sea to Joppa by the people of Sidon and Tyre, with Cyrus’s authorization and payment in food, drink, oil, and money.

    A foundation, and an unmixable noisevv. 8–13

    In the second month of the second year, the building began. Levites twenty years old and upward were appointed to supervise it, and Jeshua, Kadmiel, the sons of Henadad, and their families joined the work. When the foundation was laid, the priests took up trumpets and the sons of Asaph cymbals, praising the LORD in the manner prescribed by David. The people answered with a great shout. Then the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly, while others shouted for joy. The result was not a tidy alternation of sounds but a single vast confusion, heard from afar: praise, grief, and no reliable way to tell which was which.

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    1. Ezra 3:1By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.

    2. Ezra 3:2Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.

    3. Ezra 3:3They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.

    4. Ezra 3:4They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.

    5. Ezra 3:5After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings and those for New Moons and for all the appointed sacred feasts of the LORD, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to the LORD.

    6. Ezra 3:6On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.

    7. Ezra 3:7They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

    8. Ezra 3:8In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.

    9. Ezra 3:9So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.

    10. Ezra 3:10When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

    11. Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

    12. Ezra 3:12But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

    13. Ezra 3:13The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.

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    • 111 Chronicles 16:34Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
    • 11Psalms 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
    • 11Psalms 107:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
    • 11Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
    • 11Psalms 135:3Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.
    • 12Haggai 2:3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
    • 112 Chronicles 7:3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”
    • 2Luke 3:27the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
    • 2Haggai 1:1In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
    • 11Nehemiah 12:24The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
    • 11Isaiah 12:6Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
    • 1Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
    • 21 Chronicles 3:17The descendants of Jeconiah the captive: Shealtiel his son,
    • 2Ezra 2:2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
    • 4Nehemiah 8:14–17And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
    • 4Exodus 23:16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

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