Ezra 3:12-13
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
12 But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads, who had seen the first temple, wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple,(A) but many others shouted joyfully. 13 The people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shouting from that of the[a] weeping,(B) because the people were shouting so loudly. And the sound was heard far away.
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- 3:13 Lit the people
Ezra 10:1
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Sending Away Foreign Wives
10 While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling face down(A) before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.(B)
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Ezra 10:6
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
6 Ezra then went from the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night.[a] He did not eat food or drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.(A)
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- 10:6 1 Esdras 9:2, Syr; MT, Vg read he went
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