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Ezra 3:3

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3:3 They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, 1  and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.

Ezra 3:6

Context
3:6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord’s temple was not at that time established. 2 

Ezra 3:12

Context
3:12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders 3  – older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established 4  – were weeping loudly, 5  and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout.

1 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

2 tn Or “the foundation of the LORD’s temple was not yet laid.

3 tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

4 sn The temple had been destroyed some fifty years earlier by the Babylonians in 586 b.c.

5 tn Heb “with a great voice.”



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