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Ezra 3:1-7

1And when theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637monthהַחֹ֣דֶשׁha.Cho.deshH2320hadcomeוַיִּגַּע֙vai.yi.Ga'H5060, and thechildrenוּבְנֵ֥יu.ve.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478were in thecitiesבֶּעָרִ֑ים סbe.'a.RimH5892, thepeopleהָעָ֛םha.'AmH5971gathered themselvestogetherוַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּvai.ye.'a.se.FuH622asoneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259manכְּאִ֥ישׁke.'IshH376atJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

2Then stoodupוַיָּקָם֩vai.ya.KamH6965Jeshuaיֵשׁ֨וּעַye.Shu.a'H3442thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJozadakיֽוֹצָדָ֜קyo.tza.DakH3136, and hisbrethrenוְאֶחָ֣יוve.'e.ChavH251thepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548, andZerubbabelוּזְרֻבָּבֶ֤לu.ze.ru.ba.VelH2216thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofShealtielשְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל֙she.'al.ti.'ElH7597, and hisbrethrenוְאֶחָ֔יוve.'e.ChavH251, andbuiltוַיִּבְנ֕וּvai.yiv.NuH1129thealtarמִזְבַּ֖חmiz.BachH4196of theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, toofferלְהַעֲל֤וֹתle.ha.'a.LotH5927burntofferingsעֹל֔וֹתo.LotH5930on it, as it iswrittenכַּכָּת֕וּבka.ka.TuvH3789in thelawבְּתוֹרַ֖תbe.to.RatH8451ofMosesמֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehH4872themanאִישׁ־'ish-H376ofGodהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ha.'E.lo.HimH430.

3And theysetוַיָּכִ֤ינוּvai.ya.Khi.nuH3559thealtarהַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ha.miz.Be.achH4196upon itsbasesמְכ֣וֹנֹתָ֔יוme.Kho.no.TavH4350; forfearבְּאֵימָ֣הbe.'ei.MahH367was upon them because of thepeopleמֵעַמֵּ֖יme.'a.MeiH5971of thosecountriesהָאֲרָצ֑וֹתha.'a.ra.TzotH776: and theyofferedוַיַּעֲל֨וּvai.ya.'alH5927burntofferingsעֹלוֹת֙'o.lOtH5930on it to theLORDלַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehH3068, even burntofferingsעֹל֖וֹתo.LotH5930morningלַבֹּ֥קֶרla.Bo.kerH1242andeveningוְלָעָֽרֶב׃ve.la.'A.revH6153.

4Theykeptוַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213also thefeastחַ֥גchagH2282oftabernaclesהַסֻּכּ֖וֹתha.su.KotH5521, as it iswrittenכַּכָּת֑וּבka.ka.TuvH3789, and offered thedailyH3117burntofferingsוְעֹלַ֨תve.'o.LatH5930bynumberבְּמִסְפָּ֔רbe.mis.ParH4557, according to thecustomכְּמִשְׁפַּ֖טke.mish.PatH4941, as thedutyדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of everydayH3117requiredH3117;

5Andafterwardוְאַחֲרֵיכֵ֞ןve.'a.cha.rei.KhenH310offered thecontinualתָּמִיד֙ta.MidH8548burntofferingעֹלַ֤ת'o.LatH5930, both of the newmoonsוְלֶ֣חֳדָשִׁ֔יםve.Le.cho.da.ShimH2320, and of all the setfeastsמוֹעֲדֵ֥יmo.'a.DeiH4150of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068that wereconsecratedהַמְקֻדָּשִׁ֑יםham.ku.da.ShimH6942, and of every one that willinglyofferedמִתְנַדֵּ֥בmit.na.DevH5068a freewillofferingנְדָבָ֖הne.da.VahH5071to theLORDלַיהוָֽה׃la.Yah.wehH3068.

6From thefirstאֶחָד֙'e.ChadH259dayמִיּ֤וֹםmi.YomH3117of theseventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320theybeganהֵחֵ֕לּוּhe.Che.luH2490toofferלְהַעֲל֥וֹתle.ha.'a.LotH5927burntofferingsעֹל֖וֹתo.LotH5930to theLORDלַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068. But thefoundationH3245of thetempleוְהֵיכַ֥לve.hei.KhalH1964of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068was not yetlaidH3245.

7Theygaveוַיִּ֨תְּנוּ־vai.Yi.te.nu-H5414moneyכֶ֔סֶףKhe.sefH3701also to themasonsלַחֹצְבִ֖יםla.cho.tze.VimH2672, and to thecarpentersוְלֶחָרָשִׁ֑יםve.le.cha.ra.ShimH2796; andfoodוּמַאֲכָ֨לu.ma.'a.KhalH3978, anddrinkוּמִשְׁתֶּ֜הu.mish.TehH4960, andoilוָשֶׁ֗מֶןva.She.menH8081, to them ofZidonלַצִּֽדֹנִים֙la.tzi.do.NimH6722, and to them ofTyreוְלַצֹּרִ֔יםve.la.tzo.RimH6876, tobringלְהָבִיא֩le.ha.Vi'H935cedarאֲרָזִ֤ים'a.ra.ZimH730treesעֲצֵ֨י'a.TzeiH6086fromLebanonהַלְּבָנוֹן֙ha.le.va.nOnH3844to theseaיָ֣םyamH3220ofJoppaיָפ֔וֹאya.Fo'H3305, according to thegrantכְּרִשְׁי֛וֹןke.rish.YonH7558that they had ofCyrusכּ֥וֹרֶשׁKo.reshH3566kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofPersiaפָּרַ֖סpa.RasH6539.

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