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Ezra · read by David Shirley
7 verses, in order. Only the verses David read aloud are shown.
Ezra 3
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In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #04
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When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #04
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And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: "For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever." Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #04
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But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #04
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The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #04
Ezra 6
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So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #04
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And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.Read from NASB1995 · Progress of Redemption #04