Ezra 3:4 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 3:4

They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written ,.... According to the rules prescribed for the observation of it in Leviticus 23:34 this began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month: and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required ; for on all the eight days of the feast there was a certain number of sacrifices fixed for every day; and exactly according to the law concerning them did they offer them at this time;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 3:4

They kept also the feast of tabernacles , as it is written - This began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; but they had begun the regular offerings from the first day of this month, Ezra 3:6 . And these were religiously continued all the time they were building the temple. 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:4

CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES ( Ezra 3:4 ). Emboldened by their successful restoration of the altar of burnt sacrifice, Zerubbabel and Jeshua allowed the people to gather themselves together and celebrate the autumnal festival, though they can scarcely have made it on this occasion a "feast of ingathering." As it is written . According to the mode of celebration prescribed in the law; i.e. for seven consecutive days, from the fifteenth to the twenty-second of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:4-6

The worship of the first year. In connection with the worship of the first year after the return of the children of Israel from Babylon, we notice— I. THAT IT WAS SUCH AS COULD BE CONDUCTED IN THE OPEN AIR . 1. They had their altar rebuilt. 2. But the foundation of the temple was not yet laid. This recalls the worship of the patriarchs. 3. There appears to have been no celebration of the ceremonies of the great day of atonement. II. THAT ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:4-7

The first feast. "Also," Ezra 3:4 ; "afterward," Ezra 3:5 ; "but," Ezra 3:6 ; these are the three stepping-stones of this passage. After making a good beginning in restoring the daily sacrifices, the people "also" kept their first feast. "Afterward" they did what they could in restoring the observance of all the other ordinances and feasts of Jehovah. "But," it being impossible to do this satisfactorily as they were then situated with regard to the temple, they further proceeded to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 3:4

Ezra 3:4. They kept also the feast of tabernacles This seems to be mentioned for all the solemnities of the month, whereof this was the most eminent; otherwise it is not probable that they would neglect the day of atonement, which was so solemnly enjoined, (Leviticus 23:27-29,) and was so exceeding suitable to their present condition. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezra 3:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:1-7

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The Pulpit Commentary - Ezra 3:4-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezra 3:4

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