Ezra 3:10-13
New American Standard Bible
10 Now when the builders had (A)laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, [a]the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord (B)according to the [b]directions of King David of Israel. 11 And (C)they sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “(D)For He is good, for His favor is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout of joy when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, (E)the old men who had seen the first [c]temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, because the people were shouting with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.
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Ezra 3:10-13
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The Temple Foundation is Laid
10 After the builders laid the foundation for the Lord’s Temple, the priests stood in their ministerial robes with trumpets and the descendants of Levi (who were also descendants of Asaph) with cymbals to praise the Lord, according to instructions prepared by[a] David, king of Israel. 11 And they sang in unison[b] to one another, giving thanks to the Lord:
“He is good,
and his gracious love to Israel endures forever.”
And all the people shouted out loudly in praise to the Lord when the foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid.
Remembering the Former Temple
12 Now a number of the priests, the Levities, and the leading officials of the elders—who were very[c] elderly—had seen the former Temple with their own eyes. When they observed the foundation of the Temple being laid, they wept with a loud voice, while the rest of them shouted for joy. 13 As a result, the people couldn’t distinguish between the noise coming from the shouts of joy and the noise coming from the weeping people, because everyone[d] was shouting loudly and could be heard a long way off.
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