Ezra 3:3 Cross References - Thomson

³ And when they had erected the altar on its basis, because it was done with a dread upon them, on account of the neighbouring people, the whole burnt offering for the morning, and also for the evening, was offered up thereon to the Lord.

³⁸ Now these are what thou shalt offer on the altar; two yearling lambs without blemish every day on the altar continually, ³⁹ an offering of homage without intermission; ⁴⁰ the one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning with a tenth of fine flour tempered with a quarter of a hin of expressed oil; and for a libation a quarter of a hin of wine for the first lamb: ⁴¹ and the other lamb thou shalt offer in the evening with the same cake offering and the same libation as in the morning. For a smell of fragrance; as an offering of homage to the Lord ⁴² thou shalt offer this continual sacrifice throughout your generations, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord in the places where I shall make myself known to thee so as to speak to thee.

² Give a charge to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, You shall observe to bring me my gifts, my oblations, my homage offerings for a smell of fragrance at my festivals. ³ Moreover thou shalt say to them, These are the homage offerings which you shall present to the Lord; two lambs, of the first year, with 4 out blemish, every day, for a continual whole burnt offering; ⁴ the one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other in the evening; ⁵ and for a sacrifice of flour, thou shalt offer the tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed up with the quarter of an hin of oil. ⁶ It is the continual whole burnt offering, which was instituted at mount Sina, for a smell of fragrance for the Lord: ⁷ and for the libation thereof, thou shalt offer, with the first lamb, a quarter of an hin of wine. In the holy place thou shalt pour out as a libation the choicest wine to the Lord. ⁸ And towards evening thou shalt offer the other lamb, with the like sacrifice, and the like libation; for a smell of fragrance for the Lord.

¹ And he made an altar of brass, the length of it was twenty cubits and the breadth twenty cubits and the height ten cubits.

⁴ Upon this the people of the land began to weaken the hands of the people of Juda, and they impeded their building,

¹¹ This was the purport of the letter which they sent to him, To Arthasastha the king., thy servants, the men beyond the river: ¹² Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came up from thee to us, have come to Jerusalem, that rebellious and wicked city, and are rebuilding it. The walls of it are repaired, and they have reared up the foundations of it. ¹³ Now therefore be it known to the king, that if this city be rebuilt, and the walls therefore completed, no tribute will be paid to thee, nor will they do homage. Now as this is injurious to kings, ¹⁴ and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, we have therefore sent to inform the king, ¹⁵ that he may examine the book of the records of thy fathers, by which thou wilt find, and know that this is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and countries, and that there are asylums for slaves in the midst of it, from time immemorial, for which cause this city was laid waste. ¹⁶ We therefore certify the king, that if this city be rebuilt, and the wall thereof reared up, there will be no peace for thee.

²¹ Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river Avue, that we might humble ourselves in the presence of our God, and inquire of him the straight road for us, and our children, and all our substance; ²² for I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen, to protect us from enemies on the way; for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is over all them for good, who seek him; and his power and his wrath is against all them who forsake him.

¹ A Psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my saviour. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? ² When evil doers approached me, to devour my flesh; they, who afflicted me, even mine enemies fainted and fell.

² Mine enemies have trodden me down the whole day, with the day in their favour. Because they who fight against me are many, ³ let them be confounded. But let me trust in thee: ⁴ to God let me commend my words. In God I have trusted all the day long: I will not fear what flesh can do to me.