Ezra 3:7-9
New English Translation
Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple
7 So they provided money[a] for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport[b] at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia. 8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work,[c] along with the rest of their associates,[d] the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed[e] the Levites who were at least twenty years old[f] to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple. 9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives,[g] Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah[h]), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives[i] the Levites.
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- Ezra 3:7 tn Heb “silver.”
- Ezra 3:7 tn Heb “to the sea”
- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “their brothers.”
- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “stood.”
- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”
- Ezra 3:9 tn Heb “brothers.”
- Ezra 3:9 sn The name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah; cf. KJV, ASV, NASB “Judah”) is probably a variant of Hodaviah (see Ezra 2:40; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
- Ezra 3:9 tn Heb “brothers.”
Ezra 3:7-9
Expanded Bible
Rebuilding the Temple
7 Then they gave money to the ·bricklayers [masons] and carpenters. They also gave food, ·wine [drink], and olive oil to the cities of Sidon and Tyre so they would ·float [bring] cedar logs from Lebanon to the seacoast town of Joppa. Cyrus king of Persia had given permission for this.
8 In the second month [C midspring] of the second year after their arrival at the ·Temple [L house] of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel [v. 2], Jeshua son of Jozadak, their fellow priests and Levites, and all who had returned from ·captivity [exile] to Jerusalem began to work. They ·chose [appointed] Levites twenty years old and older to ·be in charge of [supervise] the building of the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord. 9 The workers building the ·Temple [L house] of God were supervised by Jeshua and his sons and brothers [3:2], together with Kadmiel and his sons who were the descendants of Hodaviah, and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers. They were all Levites.
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