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Ezra 3:9

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So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

KJV

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

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Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Basil of Caesarea

LETTER 236.2 · Written before 379.

on Ezra 3:8-9

When Jerusalem was demolished by Nebuchadnezzar, the kingdom was destroyed, and no longer were there hereditary successions to the sovereignty as formerly; at that time, moreover, being out of power, the posterity of David were living in captivity. But, when the followers of Salathiel and Zerubbabel returned, they led the people more democratically, transferring the rule henceforth to the priesthood because of the intermingling of the priestly and royal tribes.

This site's exposition

twenty years old and upward

on Ezra 3:8-9

In the second year, second month, the leaders appoint Levites from twenty years old and upward to set forward the work of the house of the Lord, the lowered age David set for temple ministry in 1 Chronicles 23:24 and 27 rather than the thirty years Numbers 4 required for the older tabernacle service. A second man named Jeshua, a Levite and not the high priest, stands with Kadmiel and the sons of Henadad to oversee the workmen, so two men bearing the same name serve the project at different ranks. The names come straight out of the registry of the previous chapter, the list already doing the work of setting each family in its place.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then stood Jeshua, with his sons,.... Not Jeshua the high priest before mentioned, but Jeshua the Levite, Ezr 2:40, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together; the same with Hodaviah, Ezr 2:40 to set forward the workmen in the house of God; to give them orders to begin and lay the foundation, and hasten and animate them to it: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites: two of this man's sons are mentioned in Neh 3:18.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Jeshua - See the marginal reference. Not the high priest, but the head of one of the two Levitical houses which had returned. Together - The Hebrew phrase is very emphatic - “they stood up as one man.”

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וַיַּעֲמֹ֣דand he stood

    vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times

  • יֵשׁ֡וּעַJeshua

    yeshua'H3442 →29 times

  • בָּנָ֣יוsons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וְ֠אֶחָיוand brothers his

    veechavH251 →630 times

  • קַדְמִיאֵ֨לKadmiel

    kadmielH6934 →

  • וּבָנָ֤יוand sons his

    uvanavH1121 →4930 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־[the] sons of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • יְהוּדָה֙Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • כְּאֶחָ֔דas one

    keechadH259 →971 times

  • לְנַצֵּ֛חַto act as overseers

    lenatzeachH5329 →

  • עַל־over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עֹשֵׂ֥ה[the] doer of

    ʾosehH6213 →2628 times

  • הַמְּלָאכָ֖הthe work

    hamelakhahH4399 →167 times

  • בְּבֵ֣יתon [the] house of

    beveitH1004 →2046 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים ס<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • בְּנֵי֙[the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • חֵֽנָדָ֔דHenadad

    chenadadH2582 →

  • בְּנֵיהֶ֥םsons their

    beneihemH1121 →4930 times

  • וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖םand brothers their

    vaacheihemH251 →630 times

  • הַלְוִיִּֽם׃the Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

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

Related verses

4 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 2:40The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.4 worksEzra 3:8In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.2 worksNehemiah 7:43The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.2 worksEzra 2:36The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;2 works

The walk

7 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

    Ezra 3:8

    In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including…

    it leads to

    • Ezra 4:3

      But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the…

    • 1 Chronicles 23:4

      “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

    • 1 Chronicles 23:24–32

      These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

    • Numbers 4:3

      men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 7:43

    The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.

    it leads to

    • Ezra 2:40

      The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

    • Nehemiah 3:9

      Next to them, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;

  • Through

    Ezra 2:40

    The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 7:43

      The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.

Where this verse is studied

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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); Basil of Caesarea, LETTER 236.2; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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