Ezra 3:3

They set up the altar on its foundation and offered burnt offerings for the morning and evening on it to the Lord even though they feared the surrounding peoples.

Numbers 28:2-8

“Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to Me at its appointed time My offering and My food as My fire offering, a pleasing aroma to Me.

Ezra 4:4

Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.

Exodus 29:38-42

“This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar every day: two year-old lambs.

2 Chronicles 4:1

He made a bronze altar 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

Ezra 4:11-16

This is the text of the letter they sent to him:

To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the Euphrates River:

Ezra 8:21-22

I proclaimed a fast by the Ahava River, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us, our children, and all our possessions.

Psalm 27:1-2

Davidic.The Lord is my light and my salvation—
whom should I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life—
of whom should I be afraid?

Psalm 56:2-4

My adversaries trample me all day,
for many arrogantly fight against me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ezra 3:3

And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.

The altar

2 Chronicles 4:1

For fear

Even burnt

Exodus 29:38

Numbers 28:2

General references

Psalm 102:14

Bible References