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22 (A)The stone that the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone.[a]

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  1. Psalm 118:22 Hebrew the head of the corner

22 The stone(A) the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;(B)

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16 therefore thus says the Lord God,
(A)“Behold, I am the one who has laid[a] as a foundation (B)in Zion,
    a stone, a tested stone,
a precious cornerstone, of a sure foundation:
    ‘Whoever believes will not be in haste.’

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  1. Isaiah 28:16 Dead Sea Scroll I am laying

16 So this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“See, I lay a stone in Zion,(A) a tested stone,(B)
    a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation;(C)
the one who relies on it
    will never be stricken with panic.(D)

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Who are you, (A)O great mountain? Before (B)Zerubbabel (C)you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward (D)the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

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“What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.(A) Then he will bring out the capstone(B) to shouts(C) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

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And (A)Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, and Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together (B)supervised the workmen in the house of God, along with the (C)sons of Henadad and the Levites, their sons and brothers.

10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, (D)according to the directions of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord,

(E)“For he is good,
    for his steadfast love endures for ever towards Israel.”

And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

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Joshua(A) and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviah[a]) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together in supervising those working on the house of God.

10 When the builders laid(B) the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets,(C) and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise(D) the Lord, as prescribed by David(E) king of Israel.(F) 11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord:

“He is good;
    his love toward Israel endures forever.”(G)

And all the people gave a great shout(H) of praise to the Lord, because the foundation(I) of the house of the Lord was laid.

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  1. Ezra 3:9 Hebrew Yehudah, a variant of Hodaviah