Ezra 3:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ After that, they offered^[a] all of the continual burnt offerings and the New Moon sacrifices^[b] for all of the designated festivals of the Lord that were being consecrated, along with all the voluntary offerings that were dedicated to the Lord. ⁶ They began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord from the first day of the seventh month, even though the foundation of the Temple of the Lord had not yet been laid.

Construction Begins on the Temple

⁷ They paid masons and carpenters in cash.^[c] They paid^[d] the residents of Sidon and Tyre with food, drink, and oil, for them to bring cedar trees by sea from Lebanon to Joppa in accordance with the order they had obtained from Cyrus, king of Persia.