Ezra 3

3^aAnd when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. ²Then stood up ^||Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and ^||Zerubbabel the son of ^||Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is ^bwritten in the law of Moses ^cthe man of God. ³And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even ^dburnt offerings morning and evening. ⁴They kept also the ^efeast of tabernacles, ^fas it is written, and offered ^gthe daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, ^†as the duty of every day required; ⁵And afterward offered the ^hcontinual burnt offering, both ⁱof the new moons, and of all the ^kset feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord. ⁶From the first day of the ^lseventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But ^†the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. ⁷They gave money also unto the masons, and to the ^||carpenters; and ^mmeat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of ⁿJoppa, ^oaccording to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

^8*Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began ^pZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and ^pJeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from ^qtwenty years old and upward, ^rto set forward the work of the house of the Lord. ⁹Then stood ^sJeshua with his sons and his brethren, ^sKadmiel and his sons, the sons of ^||Judah, ^†together, ^rto set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of ^tHenadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. ¹⁰And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests ^uin their apparel with ^wtrumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with ^xcymbals, to praise the Lord, ^yafter the ordinance of David king of Israel. ¹¹And they ^zsang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord; ^abecause he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. ¹²But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, ^bthat had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: ¹³So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.