Ezr 3:3 | CPDV | STEP | Now they set the altar of God upon its bases, while keeping the people of all the surrounding lands away from it. And they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord, morning and evening.

‏ Ezra 3:3

3 Now they set the altar of God upon its bases, while keeping the people of all the surrounding lands away from it. And they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord, morning and evening. ^{▼▼3:3Non-Jews, and even the common people among the Jews, were not permitted to approach the altar.(Conte)}