Ezra 3:6
in Ezra 3On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid.
KJV
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
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This verse in Ezra 3
Commentary
7 notes on this verseOr rather let them learn of you, who are so well instructed in such histories, how that Jeshua the son of Josedek the priest, and his brother, and Zerubbabel the wise, the son of Salathiel, and Ezra the priest and scribe of the law, as the temple was being built after the captivity, the feast of tabernacles being at hand (which was a great feast and time of assembly and prayer in Israel), gathered the people together with one accord in the great court within the first gate, which is toward the east, and prepared the altar to God, and there offered their gifts and kept the feast.
This site's exposition
celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles
on Ezra 3:4-6
They keep the Feast of Tabernacles as it is written. Verse 6 carries the point of the chapter: offerings begin on the first day of the seventh month, although the foundation had not been laid. The altar and the feasts run a full season ahead of any wall.
This site's exposition
On the first day of the seventh month
The seventh month is Tisri, close to September, which Albert Barnes calls the most sacred month of the Jewish year. John Gill dates the Feast of Tabernacles from the fifteenth day of that month, by Leviticus 23:34. The offerings of this verse began two weeks before the feast.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
Furthermore, the temple of God was not yet founded. The foundation of the temple of God typifies those who have recently converted to the faith, preparing a place and dwelling for the Lord in their heart and body, as the Apostle says: "Do you not …
From the first day of the seventh month they began the burnt offering, etc. It has often been said that the seventh month designates the sevenfold illumination of spiritual grace. Hence it is well said now: Because from the first day of the seventh month …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Burnt-offerings - And the other sacrifices which were to be offered with them upon that day, being the feast of trumpets. Burnt-offerings are often put for all sacrifices.
From the first of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord,....
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִיּ֤וֹם | miyom | from day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֶחָד֙ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| הֵחֵ֕לּוּ | hechelu | they began | H2490 → | |
| לְהַעֲל֥וֹת | lehaalot | to offer up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עֹל֖וֹת | olot | burnt offerings | H5930 → | 287 times |
| לַיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהֵיכַ֥ל | veheikhal | and [the] temple of | H1964 → | 80 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֻסָּֽד׃ | yusad | it was founded | H3245 → | 43 times |
מִיּ֤וֹםfrom day
miyomH3117 →2304 times
אֶחָד֙one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
הֵחֵ֕לּוּthey began
hecheluH2490 →
לְהַעֲל֥וֹתto offer up
lehaalotH5927 →890 times
עֹל֖וֹתburnt offerings
olotH5930 →287 times
לַיהוָ֑הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהֵיכַ֥לand [the] temple of
veheikhalH1964 →80 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֻסָּֽד׃it was founded
yusadH3245 →43 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Athanasius of Alexandria, DEFENSE BEFORE CONSTANTIUS 18; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.