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Then Jeshua son of Jozadak with his fellow priests along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with his colleagues[a] arose and built the altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God. They set the altar on its foundations, although they were in terror of the peoples of the lands. They offered burnt offerings to the Lord upon it—burnt offerings in the evening and in the morning.

They observed the Festival of Shelters,[b] according to the written directions, and they offered the daily burnt offerings in the number specified for each day of the festival.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:2 Literally brothers
  2. Ezra 3:4 Traditionally Tabernacles