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Book of Ezra, Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 of Ezra—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ When the seventh1 month arrived the sons of Israel were in [their] cities. And the people began to gather themselves as one2 man to Jerusalem.3
  2. And Jeshʹu·a[a]4 the son of Je·hozʹa·dak[b] and his brothers the priests and Ze·rubʹba·bel5 the son of She·alʹti·el6 and his brothers proceeded to rise up and build the altar of the God of Israel, to offer up burnt sacrifices upon it, according to what is written7 in the law of Moses the man of the [true] God.[c]
  3. ¶ So they established the altar firmly upon its own site,8 for fright [came] upon them[d] because of the peoples of the lands,[e]9 and they began offering up burnt sacrifices to Jehovah upon it, the burnt sacrifices of the morning and of the evening.10
  4. Then they held the festival of booths11 according to what is written,12 with the burnt sacrifices day by day in number according to the rule of what was due each day.13
  5. And afterward there was the constant burnt offering14 and that for the new moons15 and for all the sanctified festival16 seasons of Jehovah and for everyone that willingly offered a voluntary17 offering to Jehovah.
  6. From the first day of the seventh month18 on they started to offer up burnt sacrifices to Jehovah, when the foundation of Jehovah’s temple[f] itself had not yet been laid.
  7. ¶ And they proceeded to give money19 to the cutters20 and to the craftsmen,21 and eatables22 and drink and oil23 to the Si·doʹni·ans24 and the Tyrʹi·ans,25 to bring cedar timbers from Lebʹa·non26 to the sea at Jopʹpa,27 according to the permission granted by Cyrus28 the king of Persia to them.
  8. ¶ And in the second year of their coming to the house of the [true] God at Jerusalem, in the second month,29 Ze·rubʹba·bel30 the son of She·alʹti·el31 and Jeshʹu·a32 the son of Je·hozʹa·dak and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity33 to Jerusalem started; and they now put in positions the Levites34 from twenty years of age upward to act as supervisors over the work of the house of Jehovah.35
  9. Accordingly Jeshʹu·a,36 his sons and his brothers, [and] Kadʹmi·el and his sons, the sons of Judah,[g] stood up as one group to act as supervisors over the doers of the work in the house of the [true] God, [also] the sons of Henʹa·dad,37 their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
  10. ¶ When the builders laid the foundation38 of the temple of Jehovah, then the priests in official clothing,39 with the trumpets,40 and the Levites the sons of Aʹsaph,41 with the cymbals,42 stood up to praise Jehovah according to the direction43 of David the king of Israel.
  11. And they began to respond by praising44 and giving thanks to Jehovah, “for he is good,45 for his loving-kindness[h] toward Israel is to time indefinite.”46 As for all the people, they shouted with a loud shout47 in praising Jehovah over the laying of the foundation of the house of Jehovah.
  12. And many of the priests48 and the Levites and the heads of the paternal49 houses, the old men that had seen the former house,50 were weeping51 with a loud voice at the laying of the foundation52 of this house before their eyes, while many others were raising the voice in shouting for joy.53
  13. Hence the people were not distinguishing the sound of the shout of rejoicing54 from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people were shouting with a loud shout, and the sound itself was heard even to a great distance.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Jesus,” LXX.
  2. ^ “Jehozadak,” as in 1Ch 6:14, 15; Hag 1:1, 12, 14; Hag 2:2, 4; Zec 6:11. Lit., “Jozadak.”
  3. ^ “The man of the [true] God.” Heb., ʼish-ha·ʼElo·himʹ. See App 1F.
  4. ^ Lit., “for [it was] with fright upon them,” M.
  5. ^ “For [it was] with enmity against them from the peoples of the lands,” by a slight correction of M.
  6. ^ “When . . . temple.” Heb., weheh·khalʹ; Lat., temʹplum. See Mt 23:16 ftn.
  7. ^ “Hodaviah” in 2:40; in Ne 7:43, “Hodevah.”
  8. ^ Or, “loyal love.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Le 16:29; 1Ki 8:2; Ne 8:14
  2. ^ Ac 4:32
  3. ^ Is 33:20
  4. ^ Hg 1:1
  5. ^ Ezr 1:8; Hg 2:21; Lu 3:27
  6. ^ 1Ch 3:17; Mt 1:12
  7. ^ Ex 20:24; 40:29
  8. ^ 1Ch 21:18
  9. ^ Ezr 4:4; Ps 56:3; Pr 29:25
  10. ^ Nu 28:4, 23
  11. ^ Ne 8:14; Jn 7:2
  12. ^ Ex 23:16; Le 23:24, 34; Nu 29:1, 12
  13. ^ Ex 29:38; Le 23:37; Nu 29:13
  14. ^ Ex 29:42; Nu 28:3
  15. ^ Nu 10:10; 2Ch 2:4; Ps 81:3; Col 2:16
  16. ^ Le 23:4; 2Ch 8:13
  17. ^ Le 1:3; Nu 29:39; De 12:6; 2Ch 29:31
  18. ^ Nu 29:1
  19. ^ 2Ki 12:11; 22:4
  20. ^ 1Ki 5:17; 2Ch 24:12
  21. ^ 2Ch 34:11; Ezr 5:8
  22. ^ 1Ki 5:11
  23. ^ 2Ch 2:10
  24. ^ Ge 10:15; Jg 1:31; 1Ki 5:6
  25. ^ 1Ch 22:4
  26. ^ 1Ki 5:9
  27. ^ Jos 19:46; 2Ch 2:16
  28. ^ Ezr 1:3; 6:3
  29. ^ 1Ki 6:1
  30. ^ 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 2:2
  31. ^ 1Ch 3:17; Mt 1:12
  32. ^ Hg 1:1
  33. ^ De 30:3; Ne 7:6; Zp 2:7
  34. ^ 1Ch 23:27
  35. ^ 1Ch 23:24
  36. ^ Ezr 2:40
  37. ^ Ne 3:18; 10:9
  38. ^ Zc 4:9
  39. ^ Ex 28:40; 1Sa 22:18
  40. ^ Nu 10:8; 1Ch 16:6; 2Ch 29:26
  41. ^ 1Ch 6:39; 25:1; 2Ch 35:15
  42. ^ 1Ch 13:8; 2Ch 5:12
  43. ^ 1Ch 6:31; 23:5; 2Ch 29:25
  44. ^ Ex 15:21; Ne 12:24
  45. ^ 1Ch 16:34; 2Ch 7:3; Ps 73:1; 135:3
  46. ^ Ps 103:17; Lu 1:50
  47. ^ Ps 47:1; Is 12:6
  48. ^ Ezr 1:5; 2:36
  49. ^ 1Ch 23:11; 24:4
  50. ^ 1Ki 6:22; Hg 2:3
  51. ^ Ps 126:6
  52. ^ Zc 4:9
  53. ^ Ne 12:43; Ps 32:11; 126:1; Is 35:10
  54. ^ Ps 5:11; Zc 4:7

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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