Ezra 3:1-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

Beginning the Construction of the Second Temple

3 When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their own cities, the people gathered together in Jerusalem.

² Then Jeshua son of Jozadak with his fellow priests along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with his colleagues^[a] arose and built the altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God. ³ They set the altar on its foundations, although they were in terror of the peoples of the lands. They offered burnt offerings to the Lord upon it—burnt offerings in the evening and in the morning.

⁴ They observed the Festival of Shelters,^[b] according to the written directions, and they offered the daily burnt offerings in the number specified for each day of the festival. ⁵ After this, they offered the regular burnt offerings, those for the new moons, those for all the appointed assemblies of the Lord, and the offerings for everyone who was bringing a voluntary contribution to offer to the Lord. ⁶ From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer burnt offerings, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not yet been laid.