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So in the second month of the year after they came back to the site of the Temple in Jerusalem, they started the work and began laying the foundation. Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the rest of the Jewish people, the priests, and the Levites - in fact, all the exiles who had come back to Jerusalem, joined in the work.
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The Levites twenty years of age or older were put in charge of rebuilding the Temple for the Lord. The Levite Jeshua and his sons and relatives, his brother Kadmiel, the sons of Jeshua Emadabun, the sons of Joda son of Iliadun, and all their sons and relatives - in fact, all the Levites joined together to take charge of the rebuilding of the Temple. While the workers were building the Temple of the Lord,
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the priests in their robes took their places with trumpets and other musical instruments in their hands, and the Levites of the clan of Asaph stood there with cymbals.
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They praised the Lord and gave thanks to him according to the instructions handed down from the time of King David.
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They sang psalms praising the Lord, repeating the refrain: "The goodness of the Lord and his glorious presence are with all Israel forever."
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All the people blew trumpets and shouted with all their might, praising the Lord because the Temple was being rebuilt.
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Some of the older priests, Levites, and heads of clans had seen the first Temple, and when they came and saw the building of this Temple, they cried and wailed.
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Others who were there blew trumpets and shouted for joy.