<vn='1'>And when the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="2320">month</s> was <sn="5060">come</s>, and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> were in the <sn="5892">cities</s>, the <sn="5971">people</s> gathered themselves <sn="622">together</s> as <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Then stood <sn="6965">up</s><sn="3442">Jeshua</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3136">Jozadak</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and <sn="2216">Zerubbabel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7597">Shealtiel</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="1129">built</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, to <sn="5927">offer</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s><sn="5921">thereon</s>, as it is <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s> the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And they <sn="3559">set</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s><sn="5921">upon</s> his <sn="4350">bases</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="367">fear</s> was <sn="5921">upon</s> them because of the <sn="4480 5971">people</s> of those <sn="776">countries</s>: and they <sn="5927">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s><sn="5921">thereon</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s><sn="1242">morning</s> and <sn="6153">evening</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>They <sn="6213">kept</s> also <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="2282">feast</s> of <sn="5521">tabernacles</s>, as it is <sn="3789">written</s>, and offered the <sn="3117 3117">daily</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> by <sn="4557">number</s>, according to the <sn="4941">custom</s>, as the <sn="1697">duty</s> of every <sn="3117 3117">day</s> required; </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="310">afterward</s> offered the <sn="8548">continual</s> burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>, both of the new <sn="2320">moons</s>, and of <sn="3605">all</s> the set <sn="4150">feasts</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> that were <sn="6942">consecrated</s>, and of every <sn="3605">one</s> that willingly <sn="5068">offered</s> a freewill <sn="5071">offering</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>From the first <sn="4480 3117 259">day</s> of the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="2320">month</s><sn="2490">began</s> they to <sn="5927">offer</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. But the <sn="3245">foundation</s> of the <sn="1964">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="3808">not</s> yet laid. </v>
<vn='7'>They <sn="5414">gave</s><sn="3701">money</s> also unto the <sn="2672">masons</s>, and to the <sn="2796">carpenters</s>; and <sn="3978">meat</s>, and <sn="4960">drink</s>, and <sn="8081">oil</s>, unto them of <sn="6722">Zidon</s>, and to them of <sn="6876">Tyre</s>, to <sn="935">bring</s><sn="730">cedar</s><sn="6086">trees</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="3844">Lebanon</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3220">sea</s> of <sn="3305">Joppa</s>, according to the <sn="7558">grant</s> that they had of <sn="3566">Cyrus</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="6539">Persia</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Now in the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="8141">year</s> of their <sn="935">coming</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s> at <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, in the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="2320">month</s>, <sn="2490">began</s><sn="2216">Zerubbabel</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7597">Shealtiel</s>, and <sn="3442">Jeshua</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3136">Jozadak</s>, and the <sn="7605">remnant</s> of their <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> they that were <sn="935">come</s> out of the <sn="4480 7628">captivity</s> unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; and <sn="5975">appointed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, from twenty years <sn="4480 1121 6242 8141">old</s> and <sn="4605">upward</s>, to <sn="5329">set</s><sn="5921">forward</s> the <sn="4399">work</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="3442">Jeshua</s> with his <sn="1121">sons</s> and his <sn="251">brethren</s>, <sn="6934">Kadmiel</s> and his <sn="1121">sons</s>, the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="259">together</s>, to <sn="5329">set</s><sn="5921">forward</s> the <sn="6213 4399">workmen</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>: the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="2582">Henadad</s>, with their <sn="1121">sons</s> and their <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And when the <sn="1129">builders</s> laid the <sn="3245">foundation</s> of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1964">temple</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, they <sn="5975">set</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> in their <sn="3847">apparel</s> with <sn="2689">trumpets</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s> with <sn="4700">cymbals</s>, to <sn="1984">praise</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="5921">after</s> the <sn="3027">ordinance</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And they sang together by <sn="6030">course</s> in <sn="1984">praising</s> and giving <sn="3034">thanks</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> he is <sn="2896">good</s>, <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="2617">mercy</s> endureth <sn="5769">forever</s><sn="5921">toward</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7321">shouted</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="8643">shout</s>, when they <sn="1984">praised</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="5921">because</s> the foundation of the house of the LORD was <sn="3245 1004 3068">laid</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>But <sn="7227">many</s> of the <sn="4480 3548">priests</s> and <sn="3881">Levites</s> and <sn="7218">chief</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s>, who were ancient <sn="2205">men</s>, <sn="834">that</s> had <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="1004">house</s>, when the foundation of this house was <sn="3245 2088 1004">laid</s> before their <sn="5869">eyes</s>, <sn="1058">wept</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="6963">voice</s>; and <sn="7227">many</s> shouted <sn="8643 7311 6963">aloud</s> for <sn="8057">joy</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>So that the <sn="5971">people</s> could <sn="369">not</s><sn="5234">discern</s> the <sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="8643">shout</s> of <sn="8057">joy</s> from the <sn="6963">noise</s> of the <sn="1065">weeping</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="7321">shouted</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="8643">shout</s>, and the <sn="6963">noise</s> was <sn="8085">heard</s> afar <sn="5704 4480 7350">off</s>. </v>