Ezra 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

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.

6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid.

7 They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and ^afood, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to ^bJoppa, ^caccording to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

Restoration of the Temple Begins

8 Now in the second month of the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, ^aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began work ^band appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work of the house of the Lord.

Verse Comparison: Ezra 3:1

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
WHEN THE seventh month came and the Israelites were in the towns, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
During the seventh month of the year, the Israelites who had settled in their towns went to Jerusalem.

Darby English Version
And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

Good News Bible
By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. Then they all assembled in Jerusalem,

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel {were} in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

New International Version
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.

New King James Version
And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel lived in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

Revised Standard Version
When the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel `are' in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.

New English Translation
When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites¹ were living² in their³ towns, the people assembled⁴ in⁵ Jerusalem.⁶

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