Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Ezra 8:34
By number and by weight of every one: or, the whole by number and weight.
By number and by weight of every one: or, the whole by number and weight.
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 ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM. Ezra 8:31. on the twelfth day. : _ cf._ Ezra 7:8 f., Ezra 8:15. Ezra 8:35. _Cf._ Zerubbabel's offerings at the dedication
_by number_and _by weight of every one_ R.V. THE WHOLE BY NUMBER AND BY WEIGHT. The amount of the silver and gold was tested by weighing. The vessels and gifts were numbered, and their value estimated...
5. The journey is made, and the goods are delivered at Jerusalem. TEXT, EZRA 8:31-36 31 Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of...
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...
BY NUMBER.. OF EVERY ONE] RV 'the whole by number and by weight.'...
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...
(32-36) The arrival in Jerusalem, and first proceedings there....
BY NUMBER AND BY WEIGHT. — The number of the vessels and the weight of the ingots were recorded and laid up for security....
בְּ מִסְפָּ֥ר בְּ מִשְׁקָ֖ל לַ † כֹּ֑ל...
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...
I admire the continual observance of the offerings, and the sacrifices; not for the multitudes of beasts slaughtered, but for the evident reference the whole had to the person of the Lamb of God. Oh!...
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...
BY NUMBER AND BY WEIGHT OF EVERYONE,.... They were delivered in by tale and weight, which exactly agreed to the number and weight in which they received them: AND ALL THE WEIGHT WAS WRITTEN AT THAT T...
By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. Ver. 34. _By number and by weight, &c._] In reference to this text, let thy confession be full, saith a reverend m...
_All the weight was written at that time_ There was a public record made of it; and the persons before mentioned, who brought the money and the vessels, were discharged by a public instrument signed b...
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...
The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
by number and by weight of every one; and all the weight was written at that time, everything noted down carefully in an official document, so that the correct preservation might be confirmed....
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...
31-36 Enemies laid wait for the Jews, but God protected them. Even the common perils of journeys, call us to go out with prayer, and to return with praise and thanksgiving. But what shall we render w...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 8:34 number H4557 weight H4948 weight H4948 written H3789 (H8735) time H6256...
Ezra 8:34 ‘The whole by number and by weight, and all the weight was written at that time.' Full records were kept of both the vessels and ingots by number, and also by weight, and everything that wa...
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...
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...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:32 WE CAME TO JERUSALEM. This was on the first day of the fifth month (Ab, July/August), after nearly four months of travel (see note on 7:9)....
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...