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2 Then Jeshua (he is saved) son of Jozadak (Jehozadak) and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon) son of Shealtiel (I have asked of God) and his associates, began to build the altar of the God {Elohe} of Israel (he wrestles with God) to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses (drawn out) the man of God. 3 They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD {YHWH}—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land. 4 They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day. 5 After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings and those for New Moons and for all the appointed sacred feasts of the LORD {YHWH}, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to the LORD. 6 On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD {YHWH}, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid. 7 They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon (whiteness) to Joppa (beautiful) by sea, as authorized by Cyrus (possess the furnace) king of Persia (pure / splendid). 8 In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God {Elohim} in Jerusalem (city of peace), Zerubbabel (sown in Babylon) son of Shealtiel (I have asked of God), Jeshua (he is saved) son of Jozadak (YHWH is righteous), and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD {YHWH}. Ezra 3:2-8, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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