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Ezra 3:1-12

3:1

And when the seventh
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month
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was come
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and the children
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of Israel
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[were] in the cities
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the people
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gathered themselves together
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as one
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man
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to Jerusalem
<03389>_.

3:2

Then stood up
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Jeshua
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the son
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of Jozadak
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and his brethren
<0251>

the priests
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and Zerubbabel
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the son
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of Shealtiel
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and his brethren
<0251>_,

and builded
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the altar
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of the God
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of Israel
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to offer
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burnt offerings
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thereon, as [it is] written
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in the law
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of Moses
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the man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_.

{Jeshua: also called, Joshua} {Zerubbabel: Gr. Zorobabel} {Shealtiel: Gr. Salathiel}

3:3

And they set
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the altar
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upon his bases
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for fear
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[was] upon them because of the people
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of those countries
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and they offered
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burnt offerings
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thereon unto the LORD
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[even] burnt offerings
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morning
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and evening
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3:4

They kept
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also the feast
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of tabernacles
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as [it is] written
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and [offered] the daily
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burnt offerings
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by number
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according to the custom
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as the duty
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of every day
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required
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{as the duty...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day}

3:5

And afterward
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[offered] the continual
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burnt offering
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both of the new moons
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and of all the set feasts
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of the LORD
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that were consecrated
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and of every one that willingly offered
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a freewill offering
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unto the LORD
<03068>_.

3:6

From the first
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day
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of the seventh
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month
<02320>

began
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they to offer
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burnt offerings
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unto the LORD
<03068>_.

But the foundation
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of the temple
<01964>

of the LORD
<03068>

was not [yet] laid
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{the foundation...: Heb. the temple of the LORD was not yet founded}

3:7

They gave
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money
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also unto the masons
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and to the carpenters
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and meat
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and drink
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and oil
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unto them of Zidon
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and to them of Tyre
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to bring
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cedar
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trees
<06086>

from Lebanon
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to the sea
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of Joppa
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according to the grant
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that they had of Cyrus
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king
<04428>

of Persia
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{carpenters: or, workmen}

3:8

Now in the second
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year
<08141>

of their coming
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unto the house
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of God
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at Jerusalem
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in the second
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month
<02320>_,

began
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Zerubbabel
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the son
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of Shealtiel
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and Jeshua
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the son
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of Jozadak
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and the remnant
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of their brethren
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the priests
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and the Levites
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and all they that were come out
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of the captivity
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unto Jerusalem
<03389>_;

and appointed
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the Levites
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from twenty
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years
<08141>

old
<01121>

and upward
<04605>_,

to set forward
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the work
<04399>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

3:9

Then stood
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Jeshua
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[with] his sons
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and his brethren
<0251>_,

Kadmiel
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and his sons
<01121>_,

the sons
<01121>

of Judah
<03063>_,

together
<0259>_,

to set forward
<05329> (8763)

the workmen
<06213> (8802) <04399>

in the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_:

the sons
<01121>

of Henadad
<02582>_,

[with] their sons
<01121>

and their brethren
<0251>

the Levites
<03881>_.

{Judah: also called, Hodaviah} {together: Heb. as one}

3:10

And when the builders
<01129> (8802)

laid the foundation
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of the temple
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of the LORD
<03068>_,

they set
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the priests
<03548>

in their apparel
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with trumpets
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and the Levites
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the sons
<01121>

of Asaph
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with cymbals
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to praise
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the LORD
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after the ordinance
<03027>

of David
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king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

3:11

And they sang together by course
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in praising
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and giving thanks
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unto the LORD
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because [he is] good
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for his mercy
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[endureth] for ever
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toward Israel
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And all the people
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shouted
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with a great
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shout
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when they praised
<01984> (8763)

the LORD
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because the foundation
<03245> (0)

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>

was laid
<03245> (8717)_.

3:12

But many
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of the priests
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and Levites
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and chief
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of the fathers
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[who were] ancient men
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that had seen
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the first
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house
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when the foundation
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of this house
<01004>

was laid
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before their eyes
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wept
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with a loud
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voice
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and many
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shouted
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aloud
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for joy
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