Ezra 3:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

Here is, I. A general assembly of the returned Israelites at Jerusalem, in the seventh month, Ezra 3:1. We may suppose that they came from Babylon in the spring, and must allow at least four months for the journey, for so long Ezra and his company were in coming, Ezra 7:9. The seventh month therefore soon came, in which many of the feasts of the Lord were to be solemnized; and then they gathered themselves together by agreement among themselves, rather than by the command of authority, to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:1

And when the seventh month was come ,.... The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and October; or when it "was approaching" F16 ויגע "cum appropinquaret", Piscator. , for before it was actually come some following things were done, the people met, and an altar was built; for on the first day of it sacrifices were offered, Ezra 3:6 , and the children of Israel were in the cities ; their respective cities, settling their domestic affairs: the people gathered... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 3:1

When the seventh month was come - The month Tisri, which answers to the latter part of our September, and beginning of October. It seems that the Israelites had left Babylon about the spring of the year; that on their arrival at Jerusalem they constructed themselves huts and sheds to lodge in among the ruins, in which they must have spent some months. After this they rebuilt the altar of burnt-offerings, and kept the feast of tabernacles, which happened about this time, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1

When the seventh month was come. The seventh month was Tisri, and corresponded nearly to our October. It was the most sacred month of the Jewish year, commencing with a blowing of trumpets and a holy convocation on the first day (Le 23:24), which was followed on the tenth day by the solemn day of atonement (ibid. verse 27; comp. Le 16:29-34), and on the fifteenth day by the feast of tabernacles or "ingathering," one of the three great annual festivals, which lasted to the twenty-second... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-3

The first sacrifice. The third chapter begins much as the second chapter concluded, with a picture of the restored Israelites in their respective "cities" or homes. But they do not stay there very long. The temple and the temple worship, for which they had laid by ( Ezra 2:68 , Ezra 2:69 ) before dispersing, is still much on their minds. These verses tell us of the consequent action next taken in that direction— 1. on the part of the people specially; 2. on the part of their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-3

The altar rebuilt. The return from Babylon is supposed to have been in the spring. The first employment of the people would be to construct for themselves huts, or so to repair dilapidated buildings as to make them fit for habitation. This accomplished, no time was lost in setting about the great work of re-establishing their ancient worship. So "when the seventh month was come," the month Tisri, corresponding to portions of our September and October, they repaired to Jerusalem to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

§ 2. RESTORATION OF THE ALTAR OF BURNT SACRIFICE , AND CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

Acceptable service. When the 42,000 Israelites arrived in the land whither they went forth, they took peaceable and glad possession of their old homes; many, if not most, of them returning to the very fields and homesteads from which their fathers had been led away. They then showed a piety which was partly the fruit of the long discipline they had passed through in Persia. Their service of Jehovah, on this their return, was characterised by— I. SPONTANEITY ( Ezra 3:1 , Ezra 3:5 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

Aspects of worship. I. The HUMAN in WORSHIP . "Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak," etc. ( Ezra 3:2 ). These men were the leaders in this movement of worship; they gathered the people thereto. There is a human side to Divine worship; the altar looks toward earth as well as toward heaven; man builds, if God consecrates it; man appoints the time of worship, arranges its method, gathers the people, stimulates the conscience by faithful words, and enforces the law. A few good men... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 3:1

The seventh month - i. e., the month Tisri (nearly our September), the most sacred month in the Jewish year Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:24-41. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 3:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezra 3:1

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