Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Ezra 8:24
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ...
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_ 2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15) 3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21) 4. The appointment of guardians ...
THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF THE EXILES AT AHAVA. The narrative is told here in the first person. Ezra 8:15. Ahava: _cf._ Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; this seems to have been a place which gave its name to one...
CHIEF. princes....
(_b_) Provision for the custody of the votive gifts and offerings during the march 24. _twelve of the chief of the priests_ R.V. TWELVE OF THE CHIEFS OF THE PRIESTS. Literally -twelve of the princes...
4. They took along certain treasures, which were entrusted to priests on the journey and were delivered safely at Jerusalem. TEXT, EZRA 8:24-30 24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sh...
PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY 1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of such doubtless increased the tend...
SHEREBIAH, HASHABIAH] These were Levites, not priests (Nehemiah 12:24), so that the individuals selected were twenty-four in all, twelve priests and twelve Levites: cp. Ezra 8:30....
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families. They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...
(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....
SHEREBIAH. — Rather, _to Sherebiah — _that is, these two Levites, alone mentioned, with ten others, were associated with an equal number of priests in the charge of the Temple treasure....
וָ אַבְדִּ֛ילָה מִ שָּׂרֵ֥י הַ כֹּהֲנִ֖ים שְׁ
THANKSGIVING FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS Ezra 8:24 Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn trust of our own souls, and next the great deposit of the gospel; 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 T...
In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...
Is there not a sweet spiritual instruction here? Doth not the apostle, in allusion to gospel treasures for himself and his faithful companions, observe, we have this treasure in earthen vessels. 2 Cor...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8. Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people, even when t...
THEN I SEPARATED TWELVE OF THE CHIEF OF THE PRIESTS,.... That were in company with him; so that it seems there were more than the two mentioned, Ezra 8:2, very probably their families, or some of thei...
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, Ver. 24. _Then I separated twelve_] I singled them and set them apart for this great tr...
_Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests_ With whom he might intrust the gifts that had been offered for the temple. Having committed the keeping of them to God, he also committed the keep...
1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon. 15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests. 31 Fro...
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel, SHEREBIAH, HASHABIAH, AND TEN OF THEIR BRETHREN WITH THEM, apparently twelve, each, of priests and of...
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS (vv. 1-14) Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been present, but are not ment...
24-30 Do we expect that God should, by his providence, keep that which belongs to us, let us, by his grace, keep that which belongs to him. Let God's honour and interest be our care; and then we may e...
Or, and SHEREBIAH, & c., who were the Levites mentioned EZRA 8:18, who were jointly intrusted together with the priests with the charge of carrying these things carefully and safely. The particle _and...
Ezra 8:24 separated H914 (H8686) twelve H8147 H6240 leaders H8269 Sherebiah H8274 Hashabiah H2811 ten H6235 brethren...
EZRA ENTRUSTS THE GIFTS FOR THE HOUSE OF YHWH INTO THE HANDS OF TWELVE CHIEF PRIESTS FOR THEM TO GUARD ON THE JOURNEY (EZRA 8:24). It is never right to use faith as an excuse for foolishness. So havin...
CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem. Treasure placed in the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar, Jozabad, Noadiah. CONCLUSION: God's serv...
Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam. Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...
_And weighed unto them the silver and the gold, and the vessels._ THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE SACRED TREASURES I. The treasures to be guarded. 1. Valuable in themselves. 2. Valuable as being consecrat...
EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees, Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...
EXPOSITION EZRA 8:21 THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites. Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she w...
So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra, totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...
Ezra 8:18; Ezra 8:19...