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Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and made ready the altar of the God of Israel
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to offer burnt sacrifices upon it, according as it is expressly commanded in the book of Moses, the man of God.
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And they were gathered unto them out of the other nations of the land, and they erected the altar upon his own place, because all the nations of the land were at enmity with them and oppressed them; and they offered sacrifices according to the time and burnt offerings to the Lord both morning and evening.
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Also they held the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is commanded in the law, and offered sacrifices daily as was meet,
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and after that, the continual oblations and the sacrifice of the Sabbaths and of the new moons and of all holy feasts.
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And all those who had made any vow to God began to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seventh month, although the temple of the Lord was not yet built.Œ
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And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink with cheerfulness.
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Unto those of Sidon also and Tyre they gave carts, that they should bring cedar trees from Lebanon, which should be brought by floats to the haven of Joppa, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus king of the Persians.
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And in the second year and second month after his coming to the temple of God at Jerusalem began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and their brethren, and the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come unto Jerusalem out of the captivity;
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and they laid the foundation of the house of God on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come to Jewry and Jerusalem.
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And they appointed the Levites from twenty years old over the works of the Lord. Then stood up Jeshua and his sons and brethren, and Kadmiel his brother, and the sons of Jeshua Emadabun, with the sons of Joda the son of Iliadun, with their sons and brethren, all Levites, setters forward of the business, laboring with one accord to advance the work on the house of God. So the workmen built the temple of the Lord.