Ezr 3 | ABEn | STEP | And [ 4 came 1 the 3 month 2 seventh], and the sons of Israel were in their cities, and [ 3 were brought together 1 the 2 people] as [ 2 man 1 one] unto Jerusalem.

‏ Ezra 3

CHAPTER 3 Israel Observes the Holidays

1 And [⁴came ¹the ³month ²seventh], and the sons of Israel were in their cities, and [³were brought together ¹the ²people] as [²man ¹one] unto Jerusalem. 2 And [⁵rose up ¹Jeshua ²the ³son of ⁴Jozadak], and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer upon it whole burnt-offerings according as written in the law of Moses, the man of God. 3 And they prepared the altar upon its preparation place, but terror was upon them, because of the peoples of the lands. And they brought unto it the whole burnt-offerings, to the lord in the morning, and in the evening. 4 And they observed the holiday of the tents, according to the thing being written, and the whole burnt-offerings day by day in number, according to the distinguishing manner of the reckoning day by day for it. 5 And after this [³whole burnt-offering ¹the ²perpetual], and for the new moons, and for all holidays to the lord were sanctified, and for every willing voluntary offering to the lord. 6 On day one of the [²month ¹seventh] they began to offer whole burnt-offerings to the lord. But the house of the lord was not laid of a foundation. 7 And they gave money to the quarriers, and to the fabricators; and food, and drink, and olive oil to the Sidonians, and to the Tyrians, to bring forth wood of cedars from Lebanon by sea to Joppa, by the decree of Cyrus king of the Persians, concerning this. 8 And in the [²year ¹second] of their coming into the house of the lord God, the one in Jerusalem, in [³month ¹the ²second], [⁵began ¹Zerubbabel ²the ³son of ⁴Shealtiel], and Jeshua the son of Jozadek, and the rest of their brethren, the priests, and the Levites, and all the ones coming from the captivity into Jerusalem, and they established the Levites from twenty years and up, to bring success upon the ones doing the works in the house of the lord. 9 And Jeshua stood and his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah over the ones doing the works in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, their sons and their brethren the Levites.

The Foundation of the House is Laid

10 And [³laid a foundation ¹the ²ones building] to build the house of the lord. And [³stood ¹the ²priests] being robed with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the lord by the hands of David king of Israel. 11 And they answered in praise and confession to the lord, saying That he is good, that into the eon is his mercy upon Israel. And all the people shouted [²voice ¹a great] in the praising the lord at the groundwork of the house of the lord. 12 And many from the priests, and the Levites, and rulers of the families -- the elders, the ones who beheld the [²house ¹first] on its groundwork, and this house with their eyes, wept [²sound ¹a great], and many with a shout with gladness to raise up high a sound. 13 And [⁴not ³were ¹the ²people] recognizing the sound of the cheering of gladness from the sound of the weeping of the people; for the people cried out [²sound ¹with a great], and the voice was heard even from far off.