Ezra 3:1

Ezra 3:1

Worship Restored at Jerusalem

1 And when the ^aseventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

2 Then¹ Jeshua the son of ^aJozadak and his brethren the priests, ^band Zerubbabel the son of ^cShealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is ^dwritten in the Law of Moses the man of God.

3 Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its¹ bases; and they offered ^aburnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening burnt offerings.

4 ^aThey also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, ^bas it is written, and ^coffered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day.

5 Afterwards they offered the ^aregular burnt offering, and those for New Moons and for all the appointed feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and those of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to the Lord.

Commentaries:

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THE ALTAR SET UP. (Ezra 3:1-13)

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. This preliminary work being completed, they addressed themselves to rebuild the altar of burnt offering. As the seventh month of the sacred year was at hand—corresponding to the latter end of our September—when the feast of tabernacles (Leviticus 23:34) fell to be observed, they resolved to celebrate that religious festival, just as if the temple had been fully restored.

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