Ezra 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Altar is Built and Daily Offerings Begin

Then the seventh^H7637 month^H2320 came^H5060, and the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 were in the cities^H5892. And the people^H5971 gathered^H622 together as one^H259 man^H376 to Jerusalem^H3389.

Ezr 3:2

Ezr 3:2Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

Ezr 3:3

Ezr 3:3So they set up the altar on its foundation, for [fn]they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, burnt offerings morning and evening.

Ezr 3:4

Ezr 3:4They celebrated the Feast of [fn]Booths, as it is written, and offered [fn]the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the legal judgment, as each day required;

Ezr 3:5

Ezr 3:5and afterward there was a continual burnt offering, also for the new moons and for all the appointed times of Yahweh that were set apart as holy, and from everyone who offered a freewill offering to Yahweh.

Ezr 3:6

Ezr 3:6From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh, but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh had not been laid.

Ezr 3:7

Ezr 3:7Then they gave money to the masons and [fn]carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had [fn]from Cyrus king of Persia.

The Foundation of the Temple of Yahweh

Ezr 3:8

Now in the second^H8145 year^H8141 of their coming^H935 to the house^H1004 of God^H430 at Jerusalem^H3389 in the second^H8145 month^H2320, Zerubbabel^H2216 the son^H1121 of Shealtiel^H7597 and Jeshua^H3091 the son^H1121 of Jozadak^H3087 and the rest^H7605 of their brothers^H251 the priests^H3548 and the Levites^H3881, and all^H3605 who came^H935 from the captivity^H7628 to Jerusalem^H3389, began^H2490 the work and appointed^H5975 the Levites^H3881 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 and older^H4605 to direct^H5329 the work^H4399 of the house^H1004 of Yahweh^H3068.

Ezr 3:9

Ezr 3:9Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of [fn]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to direct those who do the work in the house of God.

Ezr 3:10

So the builders^H1129 laid^H3245 the foundation^H3245 of the temple^H1964 of Yahweh^H3068. Then [fn]the priests^H3548 stood^H5975 in^H3847 their apparel^H3847 with trumpets^H2689, and the Levites^H3881, the sons^H1121 of Asaph^H623, with cymbals^H4700, to praise^H1984 Yahweh^H3068 according^H5921 to the [fn]directions^H3027 of King^H4428 David^H1732 of Israel^H3478.

Ezr 3:11

Ezr 3:11And they sang, praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever upon Israel.” And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised Yahweh because the foundation of the house of Yahweh was laid.

Ezr 3:12

Ezr 3:12Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house of Yahweh, were weeping with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many in loud shouts with gladness were raising their voice,

Ezr 3:13

Ezr 3:13so that the people could not distinguish the [fn]voices of the shouting of gladness from the [fn]voices of the weeping of the people, for the people were shouting with a loud shout, and those [fn]voices were heard far away.