Ezra 3:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ The workers building the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of God were supervised by Jeshua and his sons and brothers [3:2], together with Kadmiel and his sons who were the descendants of Hodaviah, and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers. They were all Levites.

¹⁰ The builders finished laying the foundation of the Temple of the Lord. Then the priests, dressed in their ·robes [vestments], stood with their ·trumpets [clarions; ^Ca long, metallic instrument, not a ram’s horn], and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, stood with their cymbals. They all took their places and praised the Lord just as David king of Israel had ·said to do [instructed; prescribed]. ¹¹ With praise and thanksgiving, they ·sang [^Lanswered; ^Csang antiphonally] to the Lord:

And then all the people shouted loudly, “Praise the Lord! The foundation of his ·Temple [^Lhouse] has been laid.”