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They set up the altar on its foundations,[a] because they were afraid of the neighboring peoples,[b] and they offered entirely burned offerings upon it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings.

They celebrated the Festival of Booths, as prescribed. Every day they presented the number of entirely burned offerings required by ordinance for that day. After this, they presented the continual burned offerings, the offerings at the new moons, and at all the sacred feasts of the Lord, and the offerings of everyone who brought a spontaneous gift to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:3 A technical word meaning pedestals
  2. Ezra 3:3 Or peoples of the lands

Despite their fear(A) of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.(B) Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles(C) with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day. After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings, the New Moon(D) sacrifices and the sacrifices for all the appointed sacred festivals of the Lord,(E) as well as those brought as freewill offerings to the Lord.

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