The song they sing to one another when the builders lay the foundation of the LORD’s temple

• Ezra 3:8 says that “in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month,” Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work.
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  • EZR 3:8–9, engwebp

    ⁸Now in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to have the oversight of the work of the LORD’s house.

    ⁹Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together to have the oversight of the workmen in God’s house: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites.

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• Ezra 3:10 says, “When the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets, with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD”; 3:11 says, “All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.”
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  • EZR 3:10–11, engwebp

    ¹⁰When the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets, with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions of David king of Israel.

    ¹¹They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid.

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• Haggai 2:10 says that the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet “In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius”; 2:18 gives, in Haggai’s answer, “Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.”
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  • HAG 2:10–13, engwebp

    ¹⁰In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

    ¹¹“The LORD of Armies says: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

    ¹²‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?’” The priests answered, “No.”

    ¹³Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?” The priests answered, “It will be unclean.”

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  • HAG 2:14–19, engwebp

    ¹⁴Then Haggai answered, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says the LORD; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.

    ¹⁵Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the LORD’s temple.

    ¹⁶Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.

    ¹⁷I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn’t turn to me,’ says the LORD.

    ¹⁸‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.

    ¹⁹Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”

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Ezra 3:8 says that in the second year of their coming to God’s house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work; 3:10–11 says that when the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, they set the priests and the Levites to praise the LORD, and that all the people shouted because the foundation of the LORD’s house had been laid. Haggai 2:10 says that the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet in the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, and 2:18 gives, in Haggai’s answer, “from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid”. The Korean Revised Version joins the day and the laying with 곧 (구월 이십 사일 곧 여호와의 전 지대를 쌓던 날부터, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, that is, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was being laid); WEB names both, “from … since …”. The text does not say how the laying of the foundation in Ezra 3:10 and the day of Haggai 2:18 stand to each other. This collection relates no date of the one book to the other, counts no year, and does not decide it.