Why the Jews in Jewish religion — Starting to rebuild the temple
December 30, 2010
Why the Jews In Jewish religion — With Cyrus’s permission, the Israelites sent food, drink and
olive oil to the cities of Tyre and Sidon, in exchange for
cedars from Lebanon; these were taken by sea to Joppa. So a
month after arriving in Jerusalem, the Israelites began to
rebuild the temple; and the Levites over twenty years of age
supervised the work.
While the foundation stones were laid, the priests dressed
in their sacred robes, and blew trumpets, while the Levites
clashed cymbals. Then they sang God’s praises, repeating the
refrain: The Lord is good, and his love for Israel is eternal.’
The people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord. The older
priests, Levites and heads of clans had seen the first temple;
and as they watched the foundation stones being laid for the
new temple, they wept aloud with joy.
Ezra 3.7b-8a, IOa, I r-12a
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