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Ezra 8:35

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Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The children of the captivity, that were come out of exile, offered burnt-offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

KJV

Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord.

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Commentary

8 notes on this verse
Compare the marginal reference. The idea of offerings for all Israel pervades in this case the entire sacrifice, with the exception of the lambs, whose number (77) is unique, and has not been accounted for.

This site's exposition

sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel

on Ezra 8:35-36

The exiles first offer burnt offerings: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs and 12 male goats. Twelve names all Israel, though only part of the tribes had come home. Worship comes before business, as at the altar of Ezra 3 before the foundation was laid.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

proposed

But also those who came from the captivity, the sons of the exile, etc. A great devotion and religiosity is shown by those who, when they came from captivity, arriving at the temple and altar of the Lord, first of all offered burnt offerings, not …

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That will be dispensed with when we want opportunity which when the door is opened again will be expected from us. That among their sacrifices they had a sin-offering; for it is the atonement that sweetens and secures every mercy to us, which will not be truly comfortable unless iniquity be taken away and our peace made with God.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), and then applied to their business. The Journey of Ezra and Others. 1 These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The returned exiles offered burnt offerings, and Ezra delivered the royal commission to the satraps and inferior magistrates; while the Levitical portion of them lent all the assistance they could in performing the additional work which the arrival of so many new worshippers occasioned.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Twelve bullocks for all Israel - Though of tribes there were only Judah and Benjamin, yet they offered a bullock for every tribe, as if present. There can be little doubt that there were individuals there from all the twelve tribes, possibly some families of each; but no complete tribe but those mentioned above.

The words behind it

27 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.

  • הַ֠בָּאִיםthose [who] had come

    habaimH935 →2568 times

  • מֵֽהַשְּׁבִ֨יfrom the captivity

    mehasheviH7628 →49 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] children of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • הַגּוֹלָ֜הthe exile

    hagolahH1473 →43 times

  • הִקְרִ֥יבוּthey brought near

    hikrivuH7126 →

  • עֹל֣וֹת׀burnt offerings

    olotH5930 →287 times

  • לֵאלֹהֵ֣יto [the] God of

    leloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • פָּרִ֨יםbulls

    parimH6499 →

  • שְׁנֵים־two [plus]

    sheneim-H8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂ֤רten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֵילִ֣ים׀rams

    ʾeilimH352 →

  • תִּשְׁעִ֣יםninety

    tishimH8673 →20 times

  • וְשִׁשָּׁ֗הand six

    veshishahH8337 →216 times

  • כְּבָשִׂים֙lambs

    kevasimH3532 →

  • שִׁבְעִ֣יםseventy

    shivimH7657 →91 times

  • וְשִׁבְעָ֔הand seven

    veshivahH7651 →394 times

  • צְפִירֵ֥יhe-goats of

    tzefireiH6842 →

  • חַטָּ֖אתsin offering

    chatatH2403 →

  • שְׁנֵ֣יםtwo [plus]

    sheneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂ֑רten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • הַכֹּ֖ל<the> everything

    hakolH3605 →5413 times

  • עוֹלָ֥ה[was] a burnt offering

    olahH5930 →287 times

  • לַיהוָֽה׃ פto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

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

Related verses

14 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 6:17For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.6 worksExodus 29:14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.3 worksLeviticus 4:3If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.3 worksNumbers 7:27one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;2 worksEzra 2:1Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,2 works2 Chronicles 29:31–32Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 66:10–15For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.2 worksLeviticus 1:1–7Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,2 worksLuke 1:74–75deliverance from hostile hands, that we may serve Him without fear,2 worksPsalms 116:12–19How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?2 worksActs 26:7the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.2 works2 Chronicles 29:21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.2 worksLeviticus 4:21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.2 worksNumbers 15:24and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.2 works

The walk

8 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 2:1

    Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 25:11

      Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

    • 2 Kings 24:14–16

      He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

    • Nehemiah 7:6–73

      These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own…

    • Ezra 6:2

      And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

  • Through

    Ezra 6:17

    For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 29:21–23

      They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of…

    • Revelation 7:4–8

      And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

    • 2 Chronicles 29:31–35

      Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings,…

    • 2 Chronicles 7:5

      And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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About Ezra

Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra: the study guide →Read Ezra 8 →

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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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