Ezra 8:32
in Ezra 8So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
KJV
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
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This verse in Ezra 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
rested there for three days
on Ezra 8:32-34
The company reaches Jerusalem and rests three days, the same span it had spent at Ahava over the missing Levites. On the fourth day the silver, gold and sacred articles are weighed into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. This closes the charge given at verse 29.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. Before they went about any business, delivered what was committed to them for the use of the temple, and the commissions to the king's officers; as it was but proper they should have some rest after such a fatiguing journey.
Let those that have stedfastly set their faces towards the new Jerusalem proceed and persevere to the end till they appear before God in Zion, and they shall find that he who has begun the good work will perform it. That his treasurers were faithful.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests . . . and weighed unto them the silver, &c.--The custody of the contributions and of the sacred vessels was, during the journey, committed to twelve of the chief priests, who, with the assistance of ten of their brethren, were to watch closely over them by the way, and deliver them into the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַנָּב֖וֹא | vanavo' | and we came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וַנֵּ֥שֶׁב | vaneshev | and we remained | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| יָמִ֥ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
וַנָּב֖וֹאand we came
vanavo'H935 →2568 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
וַנֵּ֥שֶׁבand we remained
vaneshevH3427 →1079 times
שָׁ֖םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
יָמִ֥יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃three
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.