Discovery BoxEzra 3:3 
Context3:3 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 9:4-5
Context9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 2 gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 3 Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.
9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, 4 with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.
1 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
2 tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”
3 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
4 tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.
