Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Even though the returning exiles were afraid of the people who were living in the land, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before. Then they began once again to burn on it the regular morning and evening sacrifices. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear, and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening. the altar 2 Chronicles 4:1 He made also an altar of brass twenty cubits long, and twenty cubits broad, and ten cubits high. for fear Ezra 4:11-16 (This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him:) To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the men that are on this side of the river, send greeting. . . . Ezra 8:21,22 And I proclaimed there a fast by the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before the Lord our God, and might ask of him a right way for us and for our children, and for all our substance. . . . Psalm 27:1,2 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid? . . . Psalm 56:2-4 My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me. . . . even burnt Exodus 29:38-42 This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the altar: Two lambs of a year old every day continually, . . . Numbers 28:2-8 Command the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: Offer ye my oblation and my bread, and burnt sacrifice of most sweet odour, in their due seasons. . . . Context Sacrifices Restored…2And Josue the son of Josedec rose up, and his brethren the priests, and Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel that they might offer holocausts upon it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear, and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening.4And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the holocaust every day orderly according to the commandment, the duty of the day in its day.… Cross References Numbers 28:2 Command the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: Offer ye my oblation and my bread, and burnt sacrifice of most sweet odour, in their due seasons. Ezra 4:4 Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building. Jump to Previous Altar Base Bases Built Burnt Countries Despite Establish Evening Fear Foundation Lands Morning Offered Offerings Peoples Sacrificed Terrified ThereonJump to Next Altar Base Bases Built Burnt Countries Despite Establish Evening Fear Foundation Lands Morning Offered Offerings Peoples Sacrificed Terrified ThereonLinks Ezra 3:3 NIVEzra 3:3 NLT Ezra 3:3 ESV Ezra 3:3 NASB Ezra 3:3 Bible Apps Ezra 3:3 Biblia Paralela Ezra 3:3 Chinese Bible Ezra 3:3 French Bible Ezra 3:3 German Bible Alphabetical: altar and around because both built burnt Despite evening fear for foundation it its lands LORD morning of offered offerings on peoples sacrificed sacrifices set So terrified the their them they to up were OT History: Ezra 3:3 They set the altar on its base (Ezr. Ez) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |