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Then Jozadak’s son Jeshua and his brothers got up, along with Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel and his brothers. They built an altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, the man of God.

Even though they feared the people in neighboring regions, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before.[a] They offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord—burnt offerings both in the morning and in the evening. They also observed the Festival of Tents[b] as has been prescribed, offering a specific number of daily burnt offerings in accordance with the ordinance of each day.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:3 Lit. altar on its bases
  2. Ezra 3:4 Or Shelters

Then Joshua(A) son of Jozadak(B) and his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel(C) and his associates began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, in accordance with what is written in the Law of Moses(D) the man of God. Despite their fear(E) of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.(F) Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles(G) with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day.

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