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Ezra 3:2-3

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3:2 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. 3:3 They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, 6  and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.

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 peoples of the lands.”



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