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12 Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, (A)the old men who had seen the first house of Yahweh, were weeping with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many in loud shouts with gladness were raising their voice, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the [a]voices of the shouting of gladness from the [b]voices of the weeping of the people, for the people were shouting with a loud shout, and those [c]voices were heard far away.

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  1. Ezra 3:13 Lit voice
  2. Ezra 3:13 Lit voice
  3. Ezra 3:13 Lit voice