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Burnt offerings are again offered to the Lord in Jerusalem.

BibleGateway: Ezra 3:1-7

ESV Text: Ezra 3:1-7


KJV Text:

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     1 And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. 4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. 6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.(KJV)


Hymn: TLH 567:
O Lord, Whose Bounteous Hand Again

— Organ Audio

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1. 0 Lord, whose bounteous hand again 
Hath poured Thy gifts in plenty down, 
Who all, creation dost sustain 
And all the earth with goodness crown, 
Lord of the harvest, here we own 
Our joy to be Thy gift alone. 

2. Oh, may we ne’er with thankless heart 
Forget from whom our blessings flow! 
Still, Lord, Thy heavenly.grace impart; 
Still teach us what to Thee we owe. 
Lord, may our lives with fruit divine 
Return Thy care and prove us Thine. 

3. Lord, grant that we who sow to Thee 
With joy in endless life may reap. 
Of every heart the Guardian be; 
By day and night Thy servants keep 
That all to Thee may joy afford 
On Thy great harvest-day, 0 Lord.