Ezra 3:1-7

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; 5and afterward there was a 16continual burnt offering, also 17for the new moons and 18for all the appointed festivals of the Lord that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a 19voluntary offering to the Lord. 6From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, but the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid. 7Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and 20food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians 21to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at 22Joppa, according to the permission they had 23from 24Cyrus king of Persia.