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Verse Ezra 3:8. _IN THE SECOND YEAR_] The previous time had been
employed in clearing the ground, felling timber, hewing stones, and
transporting them to the place, and making other necessary
preparat...
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UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD - i. e., to the place where the house of God had
been, and where God was believed still to have His special dwelling.
AND APPOINTED THE LEVITES - This is the emphatic clause of t...
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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 ...
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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...
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IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THEIR COMING... THE SECOND MONTH.
They came in the spring and this was the second fall after. The old
Jewish year had begun with the spring, but in the Captivity the custom
had...
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GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.) the [true] God. App-4. set forward.
oversee....
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The Foundation of the Temple
8. The Second Year of the Return.
_of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem_ cf. Ezra 2:68.
Where the old Temple had been and the new was to be.
_began_ The me...
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2. The foundation of the new temple is laid.
TEXT, EZRA 3:8-13
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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...
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_NOW IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THEIR COMING UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD AT
JERUSALEM, IN THE SECOND MONTH, BEGAN ZERUBBABEL THE SON OF SHEALTIEL,
AND JESHUA THE SON OF JOZADAK, AND THE REMNANT OF THEIR BRETHREN...
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3:8 superintend (e-67) Or 'set forward.'...
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IN THE SECOND YEAR] probably 536 b.c. The second month would
correspond to April-May....
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THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE
1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c....
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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...
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IN THE SECOND YEAR. — The second year of Cyrus, B.C. 537, was their
second year in the holy place.
IN THE SECOND MONTH. — Zif, chosen apparently because it was the
same month in which Solomon laid th...
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וּ בַ † שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ שֵּׁנִ֗ית לְ...
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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...
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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...
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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the (e) second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their
breth...
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_Work. Hebrew adds, "of the house." Josias had appointed the Levites
overseers, 2 Paralipomenon xxiv. 12. (Calmet)_...
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If the Reader will peruse with this account what Haggai hath recorded
concerning the building of the temple, the one scripture will, as it
is designed, throw great light upon the other. And this will...
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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...
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NOW IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THEIR COMING UNTO THE HOUSE OF GOD AT
JERUSALEM,.... The place where it formerly stood; the Jews seem to
have set out from Babylon, in the spring of the preceding year, as it...
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Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren...
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_In the second month began Zerubbabel_, &c. The building of the temple
was begun as soon as ever the season of the year would permit, and as
soon as they had ended the solemnities of the passover. The...
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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...
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THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID...
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Now, in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month, about in April or the beginning of
May, BEGAN ZERUBBABEL, THE SON OF SHEALTIEL, by whom he had been
bro...
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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...
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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...
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SECOND MONTH
That is, May....
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:8 Work begins with laying the foundation in the
SECOND YEAR of the return (c. 537 B.C.). The SECOND MONTH, Ziv (1
Kings
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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...
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§ 3. REBUILDING OF THE TEMPLE AND OPPOSITION MADE TO IT.
EXPOSITION
LAYING OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE AND CEREMONIAL ON...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 23:24; Ezra 3:2; Numbers 4:3...