ASV_Strong : Ezra 3
1. And when the seventh[H7637] month[H2320] was come[H5060], and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] were in the cities[H5892], the people[H5971] gathered themselves together[H622] as one[H259] man[H376] to Jerusalem[H3389].
2. Then stood up[H6965] Jeshua[H3442] the son[H1121] of Jozadak[H3136], and his brethren[H251] the priests[H3548], and Zerubbabel[H2216] the son[H1121] of Shealtiel[H7597], and his brethren[H251], and builded[H1129] the altar[H4196] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], to offer[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] thereon[H3789], as it is written in the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872] the man[H376] of God[H430].
3. And they set[H3559] the altar[H4196] upon its base[H4350]; for fear[H367] was upon them because of the peoples[H5971] of the countries[H776]: and they offered[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] thereon unto Jehovah[H3068], even burnt-offerings[H5930] morning[H1242] and evening[H6153].
4. And they kept[H6213] the feast[H2282] of tabernacles[H5521], as it is written[H3789], and offered the daily[H3117] burnt-offerings[H5930] by number[H4557], according to the ordinance[H4941], as the duty[H1697] of every day[H3117] required[H3117];
5. and afterward[H310] the continual[H8548] burnt-offering[H5930], and the offerings of the new moons[H2320], and of all the set feasts[H4150] of Jehovah[H3068] that were consecrated[H6942], and of every one that willingly offered[H5068] a freewill-offering[H5071] unto Jehovah[H3068].
6. From the first[H259] day[H3117] of the seventh[H7637] month[H2320] began[H2490] they to offer[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] unto Jehovah[H3068]: but the foundation[H3245] of the temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068] was not yet laid[H3245].
7. They gave[H5414] money[H3701] also unto the masons[H2672], and to the carpenters[H2796]; and food[H3978], and drink[H4960], and oil[H8081], unto them of Sidon[H6722], and to them of Tyre[H6876], to bring[H935] cedar[H730] - trees[H6086] from Lebanon[H3844] to the sea[H3220], unto Joppa[H3305], according to the grant[H7558] that they had of Cyrus[H3566] king[H4428] of Persia[H6539].
8. Now in the second[H8145] year[H8141] of their coming[H935] unto the house[H1004] of God[H430] at Jerusalem[H3389], in the second[H8145] month[H2320], began[H2490] Zerubbabel[H2216] the son[H1121] of Shealtiel[H7597], and Jeshua[H3442] the son[H1121] of Jozadak[H3136], and the rest[H7605] of their brethren[H251] the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881], and all they that were come out[H935] of the captivity[H7628] unto Jerusalem[H3389], and appointed[H5975] the Levites[H3881], from twenty[H6242] years[H8141] old[H1121] and upward[H4605], to have the oversight[H5329] of the work[H4399] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068].
9. Then stood[H5975] Jeshua[H3442] with his sons[H1121] and his brethren[H251], Kadmiel[H6934] and his sons[H1121], the sons[H1121] of Judah[H3063], together[H259], to have the oversight[H5329] of the workmen[H6213] in the house[H1004] of God[H430]: the sons[H1121] of Henadad[H2582], with their sons[H1121] and their brethren[H251] the Levites[H3881].
10. And when the builders[H1129] laid the foundation[H3245] of the temple[H1964] of Jehovah[H3068], they set[H5975] the priests[H3548] in their apparel[H3847] with trumpets[H2689], and the Levites[H3881] the sons[H1121] of Asaph[H623] with cymbals[H4700], to praise[H1984] Jehovah[H3068], after the order[H3027] of David[H1732] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
11. And they sang one to another[H6030] in praising[H1984] and giving thanks[H3034] unto Jehovah[H3068], saying[H2896], For he is good, for his lovingkindness[H2617] endureth for ever[H5769] toward Israel[H3478]. And all the people[H5971] shouted[H7321] with a great[H1419] shout[H8643], when they praised[H1984] Jehovah[H3068], because the foundation[H3245] of the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] was laid[H3245].
12. But many[H7227] of the priests[H3548] and Levites[H3881] and heads[H7218] of fathers[H1]' houses[H2205], the old men that had seen[H7200] the first[H7223] house[H1004], when the foundation[H3245] of this house[H1004] was laid[H3245] before their eyes[H5869], wept[H1058] with a loud[H1419] voice[H6963]; and many[H7227] shouted[H8643] aloud[H7311] for joy[H8057]:
13. so that the people[H5971] could not discern[H5234] the noise[H6963] of the shout[H8643] of joy[H8057] from the noise[H6963] of the weeping[H1065] of the people[H5971]; for the people[H5971] shouted[H7321] with a loud[H1419] shout[H8643], and the noise[H6963] was heard[H8085] afar off[H7350].
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