Ezra 3:6. 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 sacrifices, and the meaning of these two verses is, that the holy rites of sacrificing were restored, and continued ever after, in their several seasons, on the new moons, and other festival solemnities. read more
3:1-6:22 THE TEMPLE REBUILTWork begins (3:1-13)Non-Jewish people living in and around Jerusalem were not pleased at the return of the Jews to the area. The Jews were understandably afraid, and wanted to ensure God’s protection by carrying out their religious duties faithfully. The mid-year festival season was approaching (see Leviticus 23:23-43), so the Jews quickly built an altar on which to offer their sacrifices. This marked the recommencement of regular sacrifices and festivals according to... read more
seventh month. Tisri. See App-51 . children = sons. of Israel. See note on Ezra 2:2 , and 1 Kings 12:17 . the cities. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulg, read "their cities". to = in. Therefore this was after Nehemiah 7:1-4 . read more
Jeshua . The high priest. Spelled Joshua in Haggai 1:1 ; Haggai 2:2 .Zechariah 3:1 . Jozadak. The son of Seraiah (1 Chronicles 6:14 , 1 Chronicles 6:15 ). But Ezra was the son of Seraiah (Ezra 7:1 ). Therefore Ezra was brother to Jozadak and uncle to Joshua the high priest. Zerubbabel. Compare Matthew 1:12 .Luke 3:27 , called Zorobabel. God. Hebrew. Elohim. (with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4 . offer = offer up. Hebrew. 'alah . App-43 . written in the law of Moses. See note on Exodus... read more
people = peoples. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . read more
kept, &c. As recorded also in the parallel passage (Nehemiah 8:1-18 ). as it is written. See Leviticus 23:34-43 .Deuteronomy 16:13-15 , and compare 1 Kings 8:2 , 1 Kings 8:65 . read more
THE ALTAR ERECTED;THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID; AND THE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE;THE ALTAR ERECTED AT ITS OLD PLACE"And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man in Jerusalem. Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of... read more
THE TRUE WORSHIP RESTORED; THEY PLANNED TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE"From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid. They gave money also unto the masons and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil unto them of Sidon, and unto them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia."There was never any doubt that... read more
Ver. 1. When the seventh month was come— The seventh month, called Tizri, answers in part to our September and October. The first day of the month Tizri was the beginning of the Jewish civil year; and on it was the feast of trumpets, which lasted for two days, when all labour and business was suspended; and while sacrifices were in use, the Jews offered, in the name of the whole nation, a solemn holocaust of a calf, two rams, and seven lambs, all of the same year, together with the flour and... read more
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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 3:5
Ezra 3:5. And afterward offered the continual burnt-offering The morning and evening sacrifice. The law required much, but they offered more; for though they had little wealth, they had much zeal. Happy they that bring with them out of the furnace of affliction such a holy heat as this! read more