1 Esdras 5:54
“And they gaue vnto the Masons and Carpenters, money, meate and drinke with cheerefulnesse.”
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1 Esdras 5:54 Context
52And after, that the continuall oblations, and the sacrifice of the Sabbaths, and of the new Moones, and of all holy feasts. 53And all they that had made any vow to God, beganne to offer sacrifices to God from the first day of the seuenth moneth, although the Temple of the Lord was not yet built. 54And they gaue vnto the Masons and Carpenters, money, meate and drinke with cheerefulnesse. 55Unto them of Sidon also and Tyre, they gaue carres that they should bring Cedar trees from Libanus, which should bee brought by flotes to the hauen of Ioppe, according as it was commanded them by Cyrus King of the Persians. 56And in the second yeere and second moneth, after his comming to the Temple of God at Ierusalem, beganne Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel, and Iesus the sonne of Iosedec, and their brethren and the priests, and the Leuites, and all they that were come vnto Ierusalem out of the captiuity:
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And they gave unto the masons and carpenters money, meat, and drink, with cheerfulness.
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