1 Esdras 5:54

54 And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink with cheerfulness.

1 Esdras 5:54 In-Context

52 and after that, the continual oblations and the sacrifice of the Sabbaths and of the new moons and of all holy feasts.

53 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

54 And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink with cheerfulness.

55 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.

56 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;