Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak<n id="1" /> and his priestly colleagues<n id="2" /> and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues<n id="3" /> started to build<n id="4" /> the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by<n id="5" /> the law of Moses the man of God.

<t /><p class="bodytext">It was determined<n id="1" /> that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives,<n id="1" /> Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah<n id="2" />), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives<n id="3" /> the Levites.

<p class="bodytext">Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah,<n id="1" /> who was accompanied by his sons and brothers,<n id="2" /> 18 men,