Ezra 3:1-3

International Standard Version

Initial Offering Ceremonies^(A)

3 Seven months after the Israelis had settled in their cities, they all gathered together in Jerusalem as a united body.^{[a] 2} Then Jozadak’s son Jeshua and his brothers got up, along with Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel and his brothers. They built an altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, the man of God.

³ Even though they feared the people in neighboring regions, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before.^[b] They offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord—burnt offerings both in the morning and in the evening.