Every morning and evening Zadok and the other priests offered burnt offerings on the altar of burnt offerings. They did this to follow the rules written in the Law of the Lord which the Lord had given Israel.
Ezra 3:3 - Easy To Read Version Those people were afraid of the other people living near them. But that didn’t stop them. They built the altar on its old foundation and offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord. They offered those sacrifices in the morning and in the evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they set the altar [in its place] upon its base, for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord morning and evening. American Standard Version (1901) And they set the altar upon its base; for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah, even burnt-offerings morning and evening. Common English Bible They set up the altar on its foundations, because they were afraid of the neighboring peoples, and they offered entirely burned offerings upon it to the LORD, both the morning and the evening offerings. Catholic Public Domain Version Now they set the altar of God upon its bases, while keeping the people of all the surrounding lands away from it. And they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord, morning and evening. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear: and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening. |
Every morning and evening Zadok and the other priests offered burnt offerings on the altar of burnt offerings. They did this to follow the rules written in the Law of the Lord which the Lord had given Israel.
Solomon used bronze to make an altar. {\cf2\super [50]} That bronze altar was 20 cubits {\cf2\super [51]} long, 20 cubits wide, and 10 cubits {\cf2\super [52]} tall.
\{This made those people angry\}. So those people started bothering the Jews. They tried to discourage them and stop them from building the temple.
Then Cyrus said to Sheshbazzar, {\cf2\super [29]} “Take these gold and silver things and put them back in the temple in Jerusalem. Build again God’s temple in the same place it was in the past.”
The place for the fire on the altar was 12 cubits {\cf2\super [408]} long by 12 cubits wide. It was perfectly square.