George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezra 3:10
Hands; compositions, (Haydock) or ordinances. (Worthington) --- The 135th Psalm was sung, (Calmet) or the 117th. (Vatable)
Hands; compositions, (Haydock) or ordinances. (Worthington) --- The 135th Psalm was sung, (Calmet) or the 117th. (Vatable)
Verse Ezra 3:10. _AFTER THE ORDINANCE OF DAVID_] With _psalms_ which he composed, acting in the _manner_ which he directed....
THEY SET THE PRIESTS - Or, according to another reading, “The priests stood.” THE LEVITES THE SONS OF ASAPH - i. e., “such of the Levites as were descendants of Asaph.” It would seem as if no descend...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The altar set up (Ezra 3:1)_ 2. The feast of tabernacles celebrated (Ezra 3:4) 3. The sacrifices brought (Ezra 3:5) 4. The foundation of the temple laid ...
THE LAYING OF THE TEMPLE FOUNDATION AND THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE. Ezra 3:7. masons. carpenters: those referred to were the men who hewed the stone from the quarries and those who prepared the rough stone...
WHEN THE BUILDERS LAID THE FOUNDATION. Zerubbabel and Jeshua, the high priest, who presided over the work. "So important seemed the step thus taken that the day was celebrated with the finest display...
THEY SET THE PRIESTS: or, the priests took their stand. CYMBALS. Hebrew mziltayim. Dual form, meaning two metal discs struck together, making. clashing sound. Not _zilzilim,_ which. timbrels, but is t...
_And when the builders_&c. By -the builders" is clearly meant the workmen, not, as some commentators, Zerubbabel and Jeshua. _they set the priests_&c. So also R.V. text. (1) According to this reading,...
2. The foundation of the new temple is laid. TEXT, EZRA 3:8-13 8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zeruhbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jesh...
_AND WHEN THE BUILDERS LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, THEY SET THE PRIESTS IN THEIR APPAREL WITH TRUMPETS, AND THE LEVITES THE SONS OF ASAPH WITH CYMBALS, TO PRAISE THE LORD, AFTER THE...
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c....
THE ORDINANCE OF DAVID] This is set forth in 1 Chronicles 25:1; 1 Chronicles 16:4....
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 3 V1 When the *people of Israel were living in their towns, they all met in Jerusalem together. It was the 7th month. Verse 1 The people...
AFTER THE ORDINANCE OF DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL. — All goes back to earlier times. As the first offerings on the altar were according to what was “written in the law of Moses, the man of God,” so the mus...
וְ יִסְּד֥וּ הַ בֹּנִ֖ים אֶת ־הֵיכַ֣ל יְהוָ֑ה
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID Ezra 3:8 Foundation-laying is not always pleasant work. It means toil under ground, down in the trenches, unnoticed and unknown, and those who begin are often not pe...
The leaders in this return were evidently conscious of the matters of real importance in the life of the people. Directly they were settled in their cities, the altar of God was established at Jerusal...
There is an uncommon degree of sweetness in this account. The mercy of God endureth forever. Surely this mercy is Jesus. And did not the Israelites consider it so when they sung the hymn? Jesus is the...
In the seventh month [1], the children of Israel gather themselves together at Jerusalem, each one going up from the place where he dwelt. The first thing which they do there, under the direction of J...
AND WHEN THE BUILDERS LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD,.... The masons, whose work it was, Ezra 3:7 THEY SET THE PRIESTS IN THEIR APPAREL WITH TRUMPETS; these were set in a proper place...
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the...
_To praise the Lord_ The priests, with the trumpets appointed by Moses, and the Levites, with cymbals appointed by David, made up a concert of praise at the laying of the foundation of the temple, to...
1 The Altar is set vp. 4 Offerings frequented. 7 Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations of the Temple are laid in great ioy & mourning. 1 AND when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Isr...
And when the builders laid the foundation of the Temple of the Lord, when the formal celebration of the laying of the corner-stone or of the completion of the foundation was held, THEY SET THE PRIESTS...
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID...
THE ALTAR AND SACRIFICES RESUMED (vv. 1-8) Though the building of the temple did not begin until the second month of the second year (v. 8), the children of Israel gathered together "as one man" in...
8-13 There was a remarkable mixture of affections upon laying the foundation of the temple. Those that only knew the misery of having no temple at all, praised the Lord with shouts of joy. To them, e...
AFTER THE ORDINANCE OF DAVID, Heb. _by or according to the hands of David_, i.e. in such manner and with such psalms, or songs, and instruments as God hath appointed by the hands or ministry of David....
Ezra 3:10 builders H1129 (H8802) foundation H3245 (H8765) temple H1964 LORD H3068 priests H3548 stood H5975 ...
THE PREPARATION OF THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE NEW TEMPLE AND THE REACTION OF THE PEOPLE (EZRA 3:8). In the seventh month of the first year of their ‘coming to the house of God at Jerusalem' the returnees...
CONTENTS: Altar set up and temple foundations relaid. Worship established. CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel, Jeshua. CONCLUSION: To see any branch of God's work reestablished after long desolations canno...
Ezra 3:1. _The seventh month,_ and the tenth day was the great and holy day of atonement, as explained in Leviticus 16. They had left Babylon in the spring; and being four months on their journey, the...
_From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord._ THE FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES PRECEDES SHE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE A weighty truth is enshri...
_And when the seventh month was come._ REBUILDING THE TEMPLE I. They began by re-establishing the worship and service of the holy place. They set up an altar, and offered the daily sacrifice. A wise...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:1 The Returned Exiles Rebuild the Temple on Its Original Site. The book of Ezra 1:1 spans several generations. The returnees begin rebuilding, encounter resistance, an
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains— 1. The rebuilding of the altar (Ezra 3:1_ a_). 2. The renewal of the sacrificial worship and of the observance of the religious festivals (Ezra...
§ 3. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND OPPOSITION MADE TO IT. EXPOSITION LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE AND CEREMONIAL ON...
And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothe...
1 Chronicles 15:24; 1 Chronicles 15:27; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 16:42;...
How could the rebuilding have begun during the reign of Cyrus when Ezra 4:24 says it was in the reign of Darius I? PROBLEM: According to Ezra 3:8-13, the rebuilding of the temple began under the reign...