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Ezra 3:10

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When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, after the order of David king of Israel.

KJV

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse
They set the priests - Or, according to another reading, “The priests stood.” The Levites the sons of Asaph - i. e., “such of the Levites as were descendants of Asaph.” It would seem as if no descendants of Heman or Jeduthun had returned.

This site's exposition

after the ordinance of David

on Ezra 3:10-11

When the builders lay the foundation, the priests take up their trumpets and the Levites of Asaph their cymbals, set in order after the ordinance of David king of Israel, the worship of the first house resumed under fewer hands and a leaner budget. They sing by course the refrain of 1 Chronicles 16:34, because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel, the same liturgy that once opened the ark's rest under David now opening a foundation stone under Persian rule. All the people answer with a great shout, so that praise rather than silence marks the first finished stage of the house.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְיִסְּד֥וּand they founded

    veyiseduH3245 →43 times

  • הַבֹּנִ֖יםthe builders

    habonimH1129 →376 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הֵיכַ֣ל[the] temple of

    heikhalH1964 →80 times

  • יְהוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וַיַּעֲמִידוּ֩and they appointed

    vaiyaamiduH5975 →521 times

  • הַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםthe priests

    hakohanimH3548 →750 times

  • מְלֻבָּשִׁ֜יםfully clothed

    melubashimH3847 →

  • בַּחֲצֹֽצְר֗וֹתwith <the> trumpets

    bachatzotzerotH2689 →

  • וְהַלְוִיִּ֤םand the Levites

    vehalviyimH3881 →291 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • אָסָף֙Asaph

    ʾasafH623 →

  • בַּֽמְצִלְתַּ֔יִםwith <the> cymbals

    bamtziltayimH4700 →

  • לְהַלֵּל֙to praise

    lehalelH1984 →165 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יְהוָ֔הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְדֵ֖י[the] hands of

    yedeiH3027 →1618 times

  • דָּוִ֥ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezra 5:16So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”5 worksHaggai 2:15Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,4 worksNumbers 10:10And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”4 worksPsalms 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.4 works1 Chronicles 25:1–7Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:3 works2 Chronicles 29:25–26Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Chronicles 15:27Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.2 works1 Chronicles 16:4–7David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.2 worksNehemiah 12:24–26The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.2 works1 Chronicles 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”2 works1 Chronicles 16:37So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,2 works1 Chronicles 16:42Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.2 works1 Chronicles 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.2 worksExodus 28:40–42Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor.2 worksZechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”2 works1 Chronicles 6:31–48These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.2 works1 Samuel 22:18So the king ordered Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests himself. On that day he killed eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.2 works2 Chronicles 35:15The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.2 works

The walk

2 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:27

    Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers.…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 2:18

      Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.

    • 2 Samuel 6:14

      And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,

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About Ezra

The Rebuilding of the Temple Is Begun — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Rebuilding of the Temple Is Begun — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Ezra: the study guide →Read Ezra 3 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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