Verse 8
Ezra 3:8
New Living Translation
8
The construction of the Temple of God (Elohim) began in midspring, during the second year after they arrived in Jerusalem. The work force was made up of everyone who had returned from exile, including Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jehozadak and his fellow priests, and all the Levites. The Levites who were twenty years old or older were put in charge of rebuilding the LORD’s Temple.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ/בַ/שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ/שֵּׁנִ֗ית לְ/בוֹאָ֞/ם אֶל בֵּ֤ית הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ לִ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בַּ/חֹ֖דֶשׁ הַ/שֵּׁנִ֑י הֵחֵ֡לּוּ זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל בֶּן שְׁ֠אַלְתִּיאֵל וְ/יֵשׁ֨וּעַ בֶּן יֽוֹצָדָ֜ק וּ/שְׁאָ֥ר אֲחֵי/הֶ֣ם הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֗ם וְ/כָל הַ/בָּאִים֙ מֵ/הַ/שְּׁבִ֣י יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וַ/יַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ אֶת הַ/לְוִיִּ֗ם מִ/בֶּ֨ן עֶשְׂרִ֤ים שָׁנָה֙ וָ/מַ֔עְלָ/ה לְ/נַצֵּ֖חַ עַל מְלֶ֥אכֶת בֵּית יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And in the second year of their coming to the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites and all those who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, stood the Levites from twenty years old and upward to oversee the work of the house of Yahweh.
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