Ezra 3:6

3:6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord’s temple was not at that time established. ¹ 

Ezra 3:8

3:8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, ²  in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, ³  along with the rest of their associates, ⁴  the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed ⁵  the Levites who were at least twenty years old ⁶  to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Or “the foundation of the LORD’s temple was not yet laid.

[3:8]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[3:8]  ³ tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

[3:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “their brothers.”

[3:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “stood.”

[3:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”