Discovery BoxEzra 3:2 
Context3:2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak 1 and his priestly colleagues 2 and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues 3 started to build 4 the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by 5 the law of Moses the man of God.
Ezra 3:12
Context3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders 6 – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established 7 – were weeping loudly, 8 and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.
1 sn Jozadak (also in 3:8) is a variant spelling of Jehozadak.
2 tn Heb “his brothers the priests.”
3 tn Heb “his brothers.”
4 tn Heb “arose and built.”
5 tn Heb “written in.” Cf. v. 4.
6 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”
7 sn The temple had been destroyed some fifty years earlier by the Babylonians in 586
8 tn Heb “with a great voice.”
