Ezra 3:8-10
New English Translation
8 In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work,[a] along with the rest of their associates,[b] the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed[c] the Levites who were at least twenty years old[d] to take charge of the work on the Lord’s temple. 9 So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives,[e] Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah[f]), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives[g] the Levites. 10 When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions,[h] and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by[i] King David of Israel.[j]
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- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “began”; the phrase “the work” is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “their brothers.”
- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “stood.”
- Ezra 3:8 tn Heb “from twenty years and upward.”
- Ezra 3:9 tn Heb “brothers.”
- Ezra 3:9 sn The name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah; cf. KJV, ASV, NASB “Judah”) is probably a variant of Hodaviah (see Ezra 2:40; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT).
- Ezra 3:9 tn Heb “brothers.”
- Ezra 3:10 sn This was a long, straight, metallic instrument used for signal calls, rather than the traditional ram’s horn (both instruments are typically translated “trumpet” by English versions).
- Ezra 3:10 tn Heb “according to the hands of.”
- Ezra 3:10 sn See Pss 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1. Cf. 2 Chr 5:13; 7:3; 20:21.
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