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Ezra 3
Ezra 3 — Overview
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Ezra 3 — OverviewEzra 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn the close of the foregoing chapter we left Israel in their cities,
but we may well imagine what a bad posture their affairs were in, the
ground untilled, the cities in ruins, all out of order; but here we…Ezra 3 — OverviewEzra 3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates how that the people of Israel returned from captivity, gathered to Jerusalem, and set up the altar, where sacrifices were offered, Ezr 3:1, and kept the feast of tabernacles, and offered the…Ezra 3:1-7Ezra 3:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is, I. A general assembly of the returned Israelites at Jerusalem,
in the seventh month, v. 1. We may suppose that they came from Babylon
in the spring, and must allow at least four months for the journey,…Ezra 3:1Ezra 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWhen 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…Ezra 3:1-3Ezra 3:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe 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…Ezra 3:1-3Ezra 3:1-3 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe 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…