Ezra 3:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When the builders had finished laying the foundation of the temple, the priests put on their robes and blew trumpets in honour of the LORD, while the Levites from the family of Asaph praised God with cymbals. All of them followed the instructions given years before by King David.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:27

David, the Levites, Chenaniah the music director, and all the musicians were wearing linen robes, and David was also wearing a linen cloth.

1 Chronicles 16:37

David chose Asaph and the Levites in his clan to be in charge of the daily worship at the place where the sacred chest was kept.

1 Chronicles 16:42

Heman and Jeduthun were also responsible for blowing the trumpets, and for playing the cymbals and other instruments during worship at the tent. The Levites in Jeduthun's clan were the guards at Gibeon.

1 Chronicles 23:5

four thousand will be guards at the temple, and four thousand will praise the LORD by playing the musical instruments I have given them.”

2 Chronicles 35:14

All day long, the priests were busy offering sacrifices and burning the animals' fat on the altar. And when everyone had finished, the Levites prepared Passover animals for themselves and for the priests.

2 Chronicles 35:15

During the celebration some of the Levites prepared Passover animals for the musicians and the guards, so that the Levite musicians would not have to leave their places, which had been assigned to them according to the instructions of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's prophet. Even the guards at the temple gates did not have to leave their posts.

Ezra 5:16

Sheshbazzar then went to Jerusalem and laid the foundation for the temple, and the work is still going on.

Psalm 150:5

Praise God with cymbals, with clashing cymbals.

Haggai 2:15

But from now on, things will get better. Before you started laying the foundation for the temple,

Zechariah 4:10

Those who have made fun of this day of small beginnings will celebrate when they see Zerubbabel holding this important stone. Those seven lamps represent my eyes—the eyes of the LORD—and they see everything on this earth.

Zechariah 4:6

So the angel explained that it was the following message of the LORD to Zerubbabel: I am the LORD All-Powerful. So don't depend on your own power or strength, but on my Spirit.

Zechariah 4:7

Zerubbabel, that mountain in front of you will be levelled to the ground. Then you will bring out the temple's most important stone and shout, “God has been very kind.”

Zechariah 6:12

Tell him that I, the LORD All-Powerful, say, “Someone will reach out from here like a branch and build a temple for me. I will name him ‘Branch’, and he will rule with royal honours. A priest will stand beside his throne, and the two of them will be good friends.

1 Samuel 22:18

Saul turned to Doeg, who was from Edom, and said, “Kill the priests!” On that same day, Doeg killed eighty-five priests.