acv Ezra:3:7-13 SEEK
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Also they gave money to the masons ,
and to the carpenters ,
and food ,
and drink ,
and oil ,
to those of Sidon ,
and to those of Tyre ,
to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea ,
to Joppa ,
according to the grant that they had of Cyrus
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Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem ,
in the second month ,
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel ,
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak ,
and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites ,
and all those
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Then Jeshua with his sons and his brothers ,
Kadmiel and his sons ,
the sons of Judah ,
stood together to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God :
the sons of Henadad ,
with their sons and their brothers the Levites .
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And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of LORD ,
they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets ,
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals ,
to praise LORD ,
after the order of David king of Israel .
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And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to LORD , [
saying ],
For he is good ,
for his loving kindness [
is ]
forever toward Israel .
And all the people shouted with a great shout ,
when they praised LORD ,
because the fo
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But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers ,
the old men who 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 ,
and the noise was heard afar off .