Ezra 3

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Altar and Sacrifices Restored

3 Now when the seventh month came, and ^(A)the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one person to Jerusalem. ²Then ^(B)Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and ^(C)Zerubbabel the son ^(D)of Shealtiel and his brothers, rose up and ^(E)built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, ^(F)as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God. ³So they set up the altar on its foundation, because ^[a]^(G)they were terrified of the peoples of the lands; and they ^(H)offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening. ⁴They also celebrated the ^(I)Feast of ^[b]Booths, ^(J)as it is written, and offered ^[c]the prescribed number of burnt offerings daily, ^(K)according to the ordinance, ^[d]as each day required; ⁵and afterward there was a ^(L)continual burnt offering, also ^(M)for the new moons and ^(N)for all the appointed festivals of the Lord that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a ^[e]voluntary offering to the Lord. ⁶From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, but the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid. ⁷Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and ^(O)food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians ^(P)to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at ^(Q)Joppa, according to the permission they had ^[f]from ^(R)Cyrus king of Persia.

Temple Restoration Begun

⁸Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, ^(S)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and ^(T)appointed the Levites who were twenty years old and upward to oversee the work of the house of the Lord. ⁹Then ^(U)Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of ^[g]Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to oversee the workmen in the temple of God.

¹⁰Now when the builders had ^(V)laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, ^[h]the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord ^(W)according to the ^[i]directions of King David of Israel. ¹¹And ^(X)they sang, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, “^(Y)For He is good, for His favor is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout of joy when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. ¹²Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, ^(Z)the old men who had seen the first ^[j]temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy, ¹³so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, because the people were shouting with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away.

Footnotes

Ezra 3:3 Lit terror was upon them from
Ezra 3:4 Or Tabernacles
Ezra 3:4 Lit by number
Ezra 3:4 Lit a day’s word on its day
Ezra 3:5 Or freewill offering
Ezra 3:7 Lit of
Ezra 3:9 In Ezra 2:40, Hodaviah; in Neh 7:43, Hodevah
Ezra 3:10 As in LXX and some mss; MT they set the priests
Ezra 3:10 Lit hands
Ezra 3:12 Lit house

Acts 3

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Healing the Beggar Who Was Unable to Walk

3 Now ^(A)Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ^[a]ninth hour, ^(B)the hour of prayer. ²And ^(C)a man who had been unable to walk from ^[b]birth was being carried, whom they ^(D)used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, ^(E)in order for him to beg for charitable gifts from those entering the temple grounds. ³When he saw ^(F)Peter and John about to go into the temple grounds, he began asking to receive a charitable gift. ⁴But Peter, along with John, ^(G)looked at him intently and said, “Look at us!” ⁵And he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. ⁶But Peter said, “I do not have silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: ^(H)In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, walk!” ⁷And grasping him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. ⁸And ^(I)leaping up, he stood and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. ⁹And ^(J)all the people saw him walking and praising God; ¹⁰and they recognized him as being the very one who used to ^(K)sit at the Beautiful Gate of the temple to beg for charitable gifts, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Peter’s Second Sermon

¹¹While he was clinging to ^(L)Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the ^[c]^(M)portico named Solomon’s, completely astonished. ¹²But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why are you staring at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk? ¹³^(N)The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ^(O)the God of our fathers, has glorified His ^[d]^(P)Servant Jesus, the one whom ^(Q)you handed over and disowned in the presence of ^(R)Pilate, when he had ^(S)decided to release Him. ¹⁴But you disowned ^(T)the Holy and Righteous One, and ^(U)asked for a murderer to be granted to you, ¹⁵but put to death the ^[e]^(V)Prince of life, whom ^(W)God raised from the dead, ^[f]a fact to which we are ^(X)witnesses. ¹⁶And on the basis of faith ^(Y)in His name, it is ^[g]the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all.

¹⁷“And now, brothers, I know that you acted ^(Z)in ignorance, just as your ^(AA)rulers also did. ¹⁸But the things which ^(AB)God previously announced by the mouths of all the prophets, ^(AC)that His ^[h]Christ would suffer, He has fulfilled in this way. ¹⁹Therefore ^(AD)repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that ^(AE)times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; ²⁰and that He may send Jesus, the ^[i]Christ appointed for you, ²¹^(AF)whom heaven must receive until the ^[j]period of ^(AG)restoration of all things, about which ^(AH)God spoke by the mouths of His holy prophets from ancient times. ²²Moses said, ‘^(AI)The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your countrymen; to Him you shall listen regarding everything He says to you. ²³^(AJ)And it shall be that every ^(AK)soul that does not listen to that prophet ^(AL)shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.’ ²⁴And likewise, ^(AM)all the prophets who have spoken from Samuel and his successors onward, have also announced these days. ²⁵It is you who are ^(AN)the sons of the prophets and of the ^(AO)covenant which God ordained with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘^(AP)And in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ ²⁶God ^(AQ)raised up His ^[k]Servant for you ^(AR)first, and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.”