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Now when the seventh month came, and ^(C1)the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one person to Jerusalem.

Then ^(C1)Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and ^(C2)Zerubbabel the son ^(C3)of Shealtiel and his brothers, rose up and ^(C4)built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, ^(C5)as it is written in the Law of Moses, the man of God.

So they set up the altar on its foundation, because ^(F1)(C1)they were terrified of the peoples of the lands; and they ^(C2)offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, burnt offerings morning and evening.

They also celebrated the ^(C1)Feast of ^(F1)Booths, ^(C2)as it is written, and offered ^(F2)the prescribed number of burnt offerings daily, ^(C3)according to the ordinance, ^(F3)as each day required;

and afterward there was a ^(C1)continual burnt offering, also ^(C2)for the new moons and ^(C3)for all the appointed festivals of the LORD that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a ^(F1)voluntary offering to the LORD.

From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, but the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.