Ezr 3:1-6, Neh 8:1-12, Joh 7:8-10, 12:1 | ESV | STEP | When the seventh month came , and the children of Israel were in the towns , the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem .

Ezra 3:1-6

Rebuilding the Altar

1 ^aWhen the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then arose Jeshua the son of Jozadak, with his fellow priests, and ^bZerubbabel the son of ^cShealtiel with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, ^das it is written in the Law of Moses the ^eman of God. 3 They set the altar in its place, ^ffor fear was on them because of the peoples of the lands, and ^gthey offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening. 4 ^hAnd they kept the Feast of Booths, ⁱas it is written, ^jand offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required, 5 and after that the regular burnt ^kofferings, the offerings at the new moon ^land at all the appointed feasts of the Lord, and the offerings of everyone who made a freewill offering to the Lord. 6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.

Nehemiah 8:1-12

Ezra Reads the Law

1 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before ^mthe Water Gate. And they told ⁿEzra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest ^obrought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, ^pon the first day of the seventh month. 3 ^qAnd he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, ^r“Amen, Amen,” ^slifting up their hands. ^tAnd they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 ^uAlso Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, ^{▼▼Vulgate; Hebrew and the Levites} ^whelped the people to understand the Law, ^xwhile the people remained in their places. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, ^{▼▼Or with interpretation, or paragraph by paragraph} and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

This Day Is Holy

9 And Nehemiah, who was ^zthe governor, and Ezra ^aathe priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, ^ab“This day is holy to the Lord your God; ^acdo not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and ^adsend portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because ^aethey had understood the words that were declared to them.

John 7:8-10

8 You go up to the feast. I am not ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add yet} going up to this feast, for ^agmy time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.

10 But after ^ahhis brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.

John 12:1

Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany

1 Six days before ^aithe Passover, ^ajJesus therefore came to Bethany, ^akwhere Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.