Ezra 3:7 meaning and explanation
They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
Ezra 3:7, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Ezra 3:7 shows the returned exiles funding the temple rebuild. After restoring the altar, the leaders paid masons and carpenters and supplied food, drink and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians to float cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa, much as Solomon had done.
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