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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

12 But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple,(A) wept(B) aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy(C) from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

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