Ezra on the Building of the Second Temple with its Altar

Voluntary offering is again made mentioned. With the festivals being observed with offerings as G-d commanded Moses.

G-d commanded. Not man-made commandments such as those that are found in the Greek book – New Testament.

Paul rebukes people from observing and practicing these feasts. Now, who is Paul rebuking? Or rejecting?

Think before you obey or believe what you read. Checking the source is equally important.

“The Building of the Second Temple”

“Altar, Offerings and Observance”

“Joy and Grief”

… The people then assembled as one man to Jerusalem.
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… and they built the Altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings upon it, as is written in the Torah of Moses, the man of God.
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… — so they offered burnt-offerings upon it to Hashem — burnt-offerings for the morning and the evening.
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The then observed the festival of Succos as it is written, with the burnt-offerings of each day in its day according to the [required] amount, according to the law of each day.
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Afterwards [they offered] daily burnt-offerings as well as those of the New Moons and of all the sanctified festivals of Hashem; and [offerings] from anyone who dedicated a voluntary offering to Hashem.
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They gave money to the quarriers and carpenters, and food, drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to transport cedar wood from Lebanon to the Sea of Jaffa, as authorized for them by Cyrus, king of Persia.
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When the builders had laid the foundation of the Sanctuary of Hashem they stationed the Kohanim, [elegantly] attired, with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Hashem through [the psalms of] David, king of Israel.
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They sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to Hashem, for it is good [to praise Him], for His benevolence towards Israel is eternal. All the people burst into a great shout of praise to Hashem, upon the laying of the foundation of the Temple of Hashem.
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But many of the elder Kohanim, Levites and heads of families, who had beheld the First Temple on its foundation, wept loudly [when] this Temple was before their eyes; while many [who had not seen the First Temple] raised their voices in shouting for joy.
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The people did not notice the sound of the joyful shouting because of the sound of the people’s weeping, although the people shouted with a great shout and the noise was heard from afar.
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1 The seventh month arrived, and the Children of Israel [were] in the cities, and the people gathered like one man to Jerusalem.
2 And Jeshua the son of Jehozadak arose, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, upon which to offer up burnt offerings, as it is written in the Torah of Moses, the man of God.
3 And they set the altar on its bases, for because of the fear that was upon them from the people of the lands, they offered up burnt offerings to the Lord, burnt offerings for the morning and for the evening.
4 And they observed the feast of Succoth as is written, and the burnt offering of each day in its day, in the number, as the ordinance of each day in its day.
5 And afterwards [they offered] the daily burnt offering, and for the New Moon and for all the appointed seasons of the Lord that were hallowed, and for everyone who willingly offered a free-will offering to the Lord.
6 From the first day of the seventh month they commenced to offer up burnt offerings to the Lord, but the foundation of the Temple was not yet laid.
7 And they gave money to the quarriers and to the artisans, and food and drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea of Jaffa, by the sanction of Cyrus the king of Persia upon them.
8 And in the second year of their coming to the House of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren, the priests, the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem commenced, and they stationed the Levites from twenty years old and above to conduct the work of the House of the Lord.
9 And Jeshua, his sons, and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, stood together to conduct the ones who did the work in the House of God, the children of Henadad, their sons, and their brothers, the Levites.
10 And the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of the Lord, and they stationed the priests in their attire with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord through David the king of Israel.
11 And they sang aloud with praise and with thanks to the Lord for it is good, for His kindness is eternal over Israel, and the entire people shouted with a great shout with praise to the Lord because the foundation of the House of the Lord was laid.
12 And many of the priests and the Levites and the heads of the fathers’ houses, old men who had seen the first Temple when its foundation was laid, [when they saw] this Temple with their eyes, were weeping with a loud voice, and many with a shout of joy to raise [their] voice.
13 And the people did not recognize the voice of the shout of joy because of the voice of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting a great shout, and the voice was heard from afar.