Ezra:3:1-13
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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 .
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Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak ,
and his brethren the priests ,
and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel Sh @#
altiy #
el #,
and his brethren ,
and builded the altar of the God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
to offer burnt offerings thereon ,
as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God .
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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 the LORD ,
even burnt offerings morning and evening .
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They kept also the feast of tabernacles ,
as it is written ,
and offered the daily yowm #
burnt offerings by number ,
according to the custom ,
as the duty of every day required ;
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And afterward offered the continual burnt offering ,
both of the new moons ,
and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated ,
and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD .
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From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD .
But the foundation #
of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid .
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They gave money also unto the masons ,
and to the carpenters ;
and meat ma #
akal #,
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 .
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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem ,
in the second month ,
began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel Sh @#
altiy #
el #,
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 ma #
al #,
to set forward the work of the house of the LORD .
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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 God :
the sons of Henadad ,
with their sons and their brethren the Levites .
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And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD ,
they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets ,
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals ,
to praise the LORD ,
after the ordinance of David king of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD ;
because he is good ,
for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel Yisra #
el #.
And all the people shouted with a great shout t @
ruw #
ah #,
when they praised the LORD ,
because the foundation #
of the house of the LORD was laid .
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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 ;
and many shouted aloud for joy :
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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 t @
ruw #
ah #,
and the noise was heard afar off .