Ezra 3:1
The Altar is Rebuilt
3:1 When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem.
Ezra 3:8
3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem,
in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work,
along with the rest of their associates,
the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed
the Levites who were at least twenty years old
to take charge of the work on the
Lord’s temple.
Ezra 3:12
3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders
– older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established
– were weeping loudly,
and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.