Ezra 3:1
in Ezra 3By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
KJV
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
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This verse in Ezra 3
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The seventh month - i. e., the month Tisri (nearly our September), the most sacred month in the Jewish year Exo 23:16; Lev. 23:24-41.
This site's exposition
the people assembled as one man
on Ezra 3:1-2
By the seventh month, the month of the Feast of Trumpets, the returned exiles assemble in Jerusalem before any stone of the temple is laid. Jeshua the priest and Zerubbabel the governor build the altar and offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
Now the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, etc. The seventh month, which is called October among us, was entirely more solemn than other months due to legal observances; in which even the dedication of the temple was …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Seventh month - This was a sacred kind of month wherein there were divers festivals, for which the people had been preparing themselves, and now came to Jerusalem to the celebration of them.
And when the seventh month was come,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
when the seventh month was come--The departure of the returning exiles from Babylon took place in the spring. For some time after their arrival they were occupied in the necessary work of rearing habitations to themselves amid the ruins of Jerusalem and its neighborhood.
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When the seventh month was come - The month Tisri, which answers to the latter part of our September, and beginning of October. It seems that the Israelites had left Babylon about the spring of the year; that on their arrival at Jerusalem they constructed themselves huts and sheds to lodge in among the ruins, in which they must have spent some months. After this they rebuilt the altar of burnt-offerings, and kept the feast of tabernacles, which happened about this time, and continued to offer sacrifices regularly, as if the temple were standing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּגַּע֙ | vaiyiga' | and it arrived | H5060 → | |
| הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ | hachodesh | the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| וּבְנֵ֥י | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| בֶּעָרִ֑ים ס | bearim | [were] in the cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּ | vaiyeasefu | and they gathered | H622 → | |
| הָעָ֛ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| כְּאִ֥ישׁ | keish | like a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אֶחָ֖ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ס | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַיִּגַּע֙and it arrived
vaiyiga'H5060 →
הַחֹ֣דֶשׁthe month
hachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
וּבְנֵ֥יand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
בֶּעָרִ֑ים ס[were] in the cities
bearimH5892 →1090 times
וַיֵּאָסְפ֥וּand they gathered
vaiyeasefuH622 →
הָעָ֛םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
כְּאִ֥ישׁlike a man
keishH376 →1663 times
אֶחָ֖דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 Corinthians 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united…
it leads to
- Philippians 2:1–4
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
- Ephesians 4:1–7
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- 1 Corinthians 12:25
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
- Romans 12:16
Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but enjoy the company of the lowly. Do not be conceited.
- James 3:13–18
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
- Philippians 2:1–4
Through
Acts 4:32The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 1:10
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united…
- Ephesians 4:2–6
with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,
- 1 Peter 3:8
Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.
- 1 Corinthians 1:10
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.