Ezra 3
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Ezra 3:1-4

1Now when the seventh month came, and 1the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one person to Jerusalem.

2Then 2Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and 3Zerubbabel the son 4of Shealtiel and his brothers, rose up and 5built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, 6as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.

3So they set up the altar on its foundation, because 78they were terrified of the peoples of the lands; and they 9offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening.

4They also celebrated the 10Feast of 11Booths, 12as it is written, and offered 13the prescribed number of burnt offerings daily, 14according to the ordinance, 15as each day required;

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 3:1 Neh 7:73; 8:1 ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 3:2 Neh 12:1, 8 ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 3:2 Ezra 2:2; Hag 1:1; 2:2 ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 3:2 1 Chr 3:17 ↩
  5. 5. Ezra 3:2 Ex 27:1 ↩
  6. 6. Ezra 3:2 Deut 12:5, 6 ↩
  7. 7. Ezra 3:3 Lit terror was upon them from ↩
  8. 8. Ezra 3:3 Ezra 4:4 ↩
  9. 9. Ezra 3:3 Num 28:2 ↩
  10. 10. Ezra 3:4 Neh 8:14; Zech 14:16 ↩
  11. 11. Ezra 3:4 Or Tabernacles ↩
  12. 12. Ezra 3:4 Ex 23:16 ↩
  13. 13. Ezra 3:4 Lit by number ↩
  14. 14. Ezra 3:4 Num 29:12 ↩
  15. 15. Ezra 3:4 Lit a day’s word on its day ↩

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