1 Esdras 5:44-46

Common English Bible

⁴⁴ and that they would give to the sacred treasury for the work one thousand manehs of gold, five thousand manehs of silver, and one hundred priests’ robes. ⁴⁵ The priests, the Levites, and some of the people took up residence in Jerusalem and the surrounding area. The temple singers, the gatekeepers, and the rest of Israel settled in the villages.

Work on the temple is delayed

⁴⁶ When the seventh month^[a] came and the Israelites were all in their own homes, they gathered together in the square near the first gate on the eastern side.