Ezra 3:7-9

New American Standard Bible

⁷Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and ^(A)food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians ^(B)to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at ^(C)Joppa, according to the permission they had ^[a]from ^(D)Cyrus king of Persia.

Temple Restoration Begun

⁸Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, ^(E)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and ^(F)appointed the Levites who were twenty years old and upward to oversee the work of the house of the Lord. ⁹Then ^(G)Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of ^[b]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to oversee the workmen in the temple of God.

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Ezra 3:7 Lit of
Ezra 3:9 In Ezra 2:40, Hodaviah; in Neh 7:43, Hodevah

Ezra 3:7-9

New King James Version

⁷They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and ^(A)food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to ^(B)Joppa, ^(C)according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Restoration of the Temple Begins

⁸Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, ^(D)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of ^[a]Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work ^(E)and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord. ⁹Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers, Kadmiel with his sons, and the sons of ^[b]Judah, arose as one to oversee those working on the house of God: the sons of Henadad with their sons and their brethren the Levites.