Ezra 3:3

Good News Translation

Even though the returning exiles were afraid of the people who were living in the land, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before. Then they began once again to burn on it the regular morning and evening sacrifices.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 16:40

Every morning and evening they were to burn sacrifices whole on the altar in accordance with what was written in the Law which the Lord gave to Israel.

2 Chronicles 4:1

King Solomon had a bronze altar made, which was 30 feet square and 15 feet high.

Ezra 4:4

Then the people who had been living in the land tried to discourage and frighten the Jews and keep them from building.

Ezra 5:15

The emperor told him to take them and return them to the Temple in Jerusalem, and to rebuild the Temple where it had stood before.

Ezekiel 43:16

The top of the altar was a square, 20 feet on each side.