From the first day. — The notes of time demand notice. The altar was raised before the month came; from the first until the fifteenth, when the Feast of Tabernacles began, the daily sacrifice was offered. The whole verse recapitulates, and its latter part is the transition to what follows.
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 OBSERVANCE OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. Ezra 3:4. And they kept. : see Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:34; Deuteronomy 16:13, and...
_From the first day of the seventh month_&c. This statement taken in conjunction with Ezra 3:5 (-and afterward" &c.) can only mean, that the Jews began to offer burnt offerings on their altar on -the...
II. The Temple Is Rebuilt (Ezra 3:1 to Ezra 6:22) A. The altar is built, and the foundation laid. 1. The altar and the sacrifice are restored. TEXT, EZRA 3:1-7 1 Now when the seventh month came, an...
_FROM THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH BEGAN THEY TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD. BUT THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD WAS NOT YET LAID._ From the first day of the seventh month. Th...
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c....
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...
מִ יֹּ֤ום אֶחָד֙ לַ † חֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ...
THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR Ezra 2:61; Ezra 3:1 Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded their national...
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...
Observe the morning and evening sacrifice. Here again remember, Reader, as this was according to the law of Moses, the lamb of the morning and evening sacrifice was offered. And what could more fully...
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...
FROM THE FIRST OF THE SEVENTH MONTH BEGAN THEY TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD,.... And which day was not only a new moon, but a grand festival, the feast of blowing of trumpets, Leviticus 23:...
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not [yet] laid. Ver. 6. _From the first day of the seventh...
_To offer burnt-offerings_ And the other sacrifices which were to be offered with them upon that first day of the seventh month, which was the feast of trumpets. Burnt-offerings are often put for all...
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...
THE WORSHIP RESUMED...
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord, with the new moon of the civil year. BUT THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD WAS NOT YET LAID, the court...
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...
THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD WAS NOT YET LAID: _ Heb._ the Temple of the Lord was not yet founded...
1-7 From the proceedings of the Jews on their arrival, let us learn to begin with God, and to do what we can in the worship of God, when we cannot do what we would. They could not at once have a temp...
TO OFFER BURNT-OFFERINGS, and the other sacrifices which were to be offered with them upon that day, being the feast of trumpets, NUMBERS 29:1, &c. _Burnt-offerings_ are oft put for all sacrifices, as...
Ezra 3:6 first H259 day H3117 seventh H7637 month H2320 began H2490 (H8689) offer H5927 (H8687) offerings...
THE FIRST OBSERVANCE OF THE FEASTS OF THE SEVENTH MONTH AFTER THE RETURN (EZRA 3:1). It is probable that this is the first of the major feasts that the arrivees had been in a position to celebrate. (H...
SEVENTH MONTH That is, October....
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
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:4 For the FEAST OF BOOTHS, see Numbers 29:12. ⇐
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...
§ 2. RESTORATION OF THE ALTAR OF BURNT SACRIFICE, AND CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. EXPOSITION RESTORATION OF THE ALTAR ...
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...
Leviticus 23:12; Leviticus 23:23; Nehemiah 8:18...
Burnt — offerings — And the other sacrifices which were to be offered with them upon that day, being the feast of trumpets. Burnt — offerings are often put for all sacrifices....