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1. Now when the seventh month came, after the Israelites had settled in their cities, the people gathered at Jerusalem as one man.
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1. And when the seventh H7637 month H2320 was come H5060 , and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were in the cities H5892 , the people H5971 gathered themselves together H622 as one H259 man H376 to H413 Jerusalem H3389 .
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2. Then Jeshua, son of Jozadak, together with his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, together with his brethren, set about rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel in order to offer on it the holocausts prescribed in the law of Moses, the man of God.
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2. Then stood up H6965 Jeshua H3442 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3136 , and his brethren H251 the priests H3548 , and Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597 , and his brethren H251 , and built H1129 H853 the altar H4196 of the God H430 of Israel H3478 , to offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 thereon H5921 , as it is written H3789 in the law H8451 of Moses H4872 the man H376 of God H430 .
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3. Despite their fear of the peoples of the land, they replaced the altar on its foundations and offered holocausts to the LORD on it, both morning and evening.
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3. And they set H3559 the altar H4196 upon H5921 his bases H4350 ; for H3588 fear H367 was upon H5921 them because of the people H4480 H5971 of those countries H776 : and they offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 thereon H5921 unto the LORD H3068 , even burnt offerings H5930 morning H1242 and evening H6153 .
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4. They also kept the feast of Booths in the manner prescribed, and they offered the daily holocausts in the proper number required for each day.
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4. They kept H6213 also H853 the feast H2282 of tabernacles H5521 , as it is written H3789 , and offered the daily H3117 H3117 burnt offerings H5930 by number H4557 , according to the custom H4941 , as the duty H1697 of every day H3117 H3117 required;
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5. Thereafter they offered the established holocaust, the sacrifices prescribed for the new moons and all the festivals sacred to the LORD, and those which anyone might offer as a free-will gift to the LORD.
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5. And afterward H310 offered the continual H8548 burnt offering H5930 , both of the new moons H2320 , and of all H3605 the set feasts H4150 of the LORD H3068 that were consecrated H6942 , and of every one H3605 that willingly offered H5068 a freewill offering H5071 unto the LORD H3068 .
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6. From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer holocausts to the LORD, though the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not yet been laid.
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6. From the first day H4480 H3117 H259 of the seventh H7637 month H2320 began H2490 they to offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 unto the LORD H3068 . But the foundation H3245 of the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 was not H3808 yet laid.
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7. Then they hired stonecutters and carpenters, and sent food and drink and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians that they might ship cedar trees from the Lebanon to the port of Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had authorized.
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7. They gave H5414 money H3701 also unto the masons H2672 , and to the carpenters H2796 ; and meat H3978 , and drink H4960 , and oil H8081 , unto them of Zidon H6722 , and to them of Tyre H6876 , to bring H935 cedar H730 trees H6086 from H4480 Lebanon H3844 to H413 the sea H3220 of Joppa H3305 , according to the grant H7558 that they had of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539 .
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8. In the year after their coming to the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, son of Jozadak, together with the rest of their brethren, the priests and Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began by appointing the Levites twenty years of age and over to supervise the work on the house of the LORD.
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8. Now in the second H8145 year H8141 of their coming H935 unto H413 the house H1004 of God H430 at Jerusalem H3389 , in the second H8145 month H2320 , began H2490 Zerubbabel H2216 the son H1121 of Shealtiel H7597 , and Jeshua H3442 the son H1121 of Jozadak H3136 , and the remnant H7605 of their brethren H251 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 , and all H3605 they that were come H935 out of the captivity H4480 H7628 unto Jerusalem H3389 ; and appointed H5975 H853 the Levites H3881 , from twenty years old H4480 H1121 H6242 H8141 and upward H4605 , to set H5329 forward H5921 the work H4399 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 .
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9. Jeshua and his sons and brethren, with Kadmiel and Binnui, son of Henadad, and their sons and their brethren, the Levites, stood as one man to supervise those who were engaged in the work on the house of God.
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9. Then stood H5975 Jeshua H3442 with his sons H1121 and his brethren H251 , Kadmiel H6934 and his sons H1121 , the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 , together H259 , to set H5329 forward H5921 the workmen H6213 H4399 in the house H1004 of God H430 : the sons H1121 of Henadad H2582 , with their sons H1121 and their brethren H251 the Levites H3881 .
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10. When the builders had laid the foundation of the LORD'S temple, the vested priests with the trumpets and the Levites, sons of Asaph, were stationed there with the cymbals to praise the LORD in the manner laid down by David, king of Israel.
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10. And when the builders H1129 laid the foundation H3245 of H853 the temple H1964 of the LORD H3068 , they set H5975 the priests H3548 in their apparel H3847 with trumpets H2689 , and the Levites H3881 the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 with cymbals H4700 , to praise H1984 H853 the LORD H3068 , after H5921 the ordinance H3027 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478 .
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11. They alternated in songs of praise and thanksgiving to the LORD, "for he is good, for his kindness to Israel endures forever"; and all the people raised a great shout of joy, praising the LORD because the foundation of the LORD'S house had been laid.
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11. And they sang together by course H6030 in praising H1984 and giving thanks H3034 unto the LORD H3068 ; because H3588 he is good H2896 , for H3588 his mercy H2617 endureth forever H5769 toward H5921 Israel H3478 . And all H3605 the people H5971 shouted H7321 with a great H1419 shout H8643 , when they praised H1984 the LORD H3068 , because H5921 the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid H3245 H1004 H3068 .
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12. Many of the priests, Levites, and family heads, the old men who had seen the former house, cried out in sorrow as they watched the foundation of the present house being laid. Many others, however, lifted up their voices in shouts of joy,
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12. But many H7227 of the priests H4480 H3548 and Levites H3881 and chief H7218 of the fathers H1 , who were ancient men H2205 , that H834 had seen H7200 H853 the first H7223 house H1004 , when the foundation of this house was laid H3245 H2088 H1004 before their eyes H5869 , wept H1058 with a loud H1419 voice H6963 ; and many H7227 shouted aloud H8643 H7311 H6963 for joy H8057 :
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13. and no one could distinguish the sound of the joyful shouting from the sound of those who were weeping; for the people raised a mighty clamor which was heard afar off.
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13. So that the people H5971 could not H369 discern H5234 the noise H6963 of the shout H8643 of joy H8057 from the noise H6963 of the weeping H1065 of the people H5971 : for H3588 the people H5971 shouted H7321 with a loud H1419 shout H8643 , and the noise H6963 was heard H8085 afar off H5704 H4480 H7350 .
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