Verse 2
2. Then stood up To lead and direct the people in the work and worship for which they had come together.
Jeshua… Zerubbabel See note on Ezra 2:2. Here priestly work is the main subject of the context, and Jeshua, the priest, is named first; in other passages where the government of the people, or building matters, form the chief topic, Zerubbabel is named first. Compare Ezra 3:8, Ezra 2:2; Ezra 4:3, etc.
Builded the altar This was their first care. Before the temple is commenced they provided for the proper offering of the daily and special sacrifices.
The law of Moses This had been sacredly preserved, and existed in book form; but during the exile the masses of the people had so far lost the use of their ancient language that they needed to have the law not only read, but expounded in their hearing. Nehemiah 8:1-8.
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