THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR FOR BURNT OFFERINGS. Ezra 3:1. the seventh month: presumably of the year of the return, 537 The seventh month is called Tisri in the Jewish calendar and is approximately equivalent to October. The first day of Tisri, which was probably that on which this ceremony took plac... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OBSERVANCE OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. Ezra 3:4. And they kept. : see Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:34; Deuteronomy 16:13, and _cf._ Nehemiah 8:14 This feast (the vintage feast) was observed on the 15th of Tisri and lasted seven days (pp. 102- 104). The Heb. name is _Sukkô th_ (Booths), in referen... [ Continue Reading ]
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 thus obtained. THEM OF ZIDON. THEM OF TYRE: as in the case of the first Temple, see 1 Kings 5:6. a... [ Continue Reading ]