Ezra 3:1–7

Altar and Sacrifices Restored

¹Now when the seventh month came, and ^athe sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

²Then ^aJeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and ^bZerubbabel the son ^cof Shealtiel and his brothers arose and ^dbuilt the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, ^eas it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

³So they set up the altar on its foundation, for ^1athey were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they ^boffered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening.

⁴They celebrated the ^aFeast of ¹Booths, ^bas it is written, and offered ²the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, ^caccording to the ordinance, as each day required;

⁵and afterward there was a ^acontinual burnt offering, also ^bfor the new moons and ^cfor all the fixed festivals of the Lord that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a freewill offering to the Lord.

⁶From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, but the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid.

⁷Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and ^afood, drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, ^bto bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at ^cJoppa, according to the permission they had ¹from ^dCyrus king of Persia.