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And 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.
02 Then 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 written in the law of
Moses the man of God.
03 And 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 burnt offerings
morning and evening.
04 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it
is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings
by number, according to the custom, as the duty
of every day required;
05 And afterward offered the continual burnt
offering, both of the new moons, and of all the
set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and
of every one that willingly offered a freewill
offering unto the Lord.
06 From the first day of the seventh month began
they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But
the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not
yet laid.
07 They gave money also unto the masons, and to
the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil,
unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring
cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa,
according to the grant that they had of Cyrus
king of Persia.
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08 Now in the second year of their coming unto
the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second
month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and
Jeshua 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 twenty
years old and upward, to set forward the work of
the house of the Lord.
09 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his
brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of
Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in
the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their
sons and their brethren the Levites.
10 And when the builders laid the foundation of
the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in
their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the
sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord,
after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
11 And they sang together by course in praising
and giving thanks unto the Lord; because 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.
12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief
of the fathers, who were ancient men, that 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:
13 So 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.
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