Ezra 2:68 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 2:68

When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And some of the heads of fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

KJV

And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That they came to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and yet that house, that holy and beautiful house, was now in ruins, a heap of rubbish. But, like their father Abraham, when the altar was gone they came with devotion to the place of the altar ( Gen. xiii. 4 ); and it is the character of the genuine sons of Zion that they favour even the dust thereof, Ps. cii.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמֵרָאשֵׁי֙	u.me.ra.Shei	and some of [the] heads of	H7218 →
הָֽאָב֔וֹת	ha.'a.Vot	the fathers	H1 →
בְּבוֹאָ֕ם	be.vo.'Am	when came they	H935 →
לְבֵ֥ית	le.Veit	to [the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	[is] in Jerusalem	H3389 →
הִֽתְנַדְּבוּ֙	hit.na.de.Vu	they offered freewill offerings	H5068 →
לְבֵ֣ית	le.Veit	for [the] house of	H1004 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
לְהַעֲמִיד֖וֹ	le.ha.'a.mi.Do	to erect it	H5975 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מְכוֹנֽוֹ׃	me.kho.No	place its	H4349 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H5068hitnadevuthey offered freewill offerings17×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
  I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
  For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Acts 20:35
  In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- Proverbs 11:25
  A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- Exodus 25:2
  “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
Through
2 Corinthians 8:3
For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,
leads to
- Exodus 35:29
  So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 35:21–22
  And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 35:5
  Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;