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Chiasm

Ezra 3:8–12

Ezra 3:8–123 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

  • A 8 the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites and from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD
    • B 9-10 laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD
      • C 10 to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel
        • D 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel
      • C' 11 when they praised the LORD
    • B' 11-12 because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid
  • A' 12 many of the priests and Levites and who were ancient men, that had seen the first house
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