George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezra 3:7
Meat, in imitation of Solomon, 3 Kings v. 11. --- Orders. Hebrew, "permission." (Calmet) --- Protestants, "grant." (Haydock)
Meat, in imitation of Solomon, 3 Kings v. 11. --- Orders. Hebrew, "permission." (Calmet) --- Protestants, "grant." (Haydock)
Verse Ezra 3:7. _THEY GAVE MONEY ALSO_] They copied the conduct of Solomon while he was building his temple; see 1 Kings 5:11. He employed the Tyrians, gave them meat and drink, c. and this permission...
ACCORDING TO THE GRANT - i. e., in accordance with the permission granted them by Cyrus to rebuild their temple Ezra 1:1....
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The altar set up (Ezra 3:1)_ 2. The feast of tabernacles celebrated (Ezra 3:4) 3. The sacrifices brought (Ezra 3:5) 4. The foundation of the temple laid ...
THE LAYING OF THE TEMPLE FOUNDATION AND THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE. Ezra 3:7. masons. carpenters: those referred to were the men who hewed the stone from the quarries and those who prepared the rough stone...
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), to emphasize each detail. CARPENTERS. artificers. BRING CEDAR TREES. Compare 1 Kings 5:6. 2Ch 2:8, 2 Chronicles 2:10. JOPPA. Compare...
First steps taken towards the Rebuilding of the Temple _the masons_ The stone for the Temple was excavated from the hill on which Jerusalem stood. It is possible that the word rendered -masons" may...
II. The Temple Is Rebuilt (Ezra 3:1 to Ezra 6:22) A. The altar is built, and the foundation laid. 1. The altar and the sacrifice are restored. TEXT, EZRA 3:1-7 1 Now when the seventh month came, an...
_THEY GAVE MONEY ALSO UNTO THE MASONS, AND TO THE CARPENTERS; AND MEAT, AND DRINK, AND OIL, UNTO THEM OF ZIDON, AND TO THEM OF TYRE, TO BRING CEDAR TREES FROM LEBANON TO THE SEA OF JOPPA, ACCORDING TO...
THE REFOUNDING OF THE TEMPLE 1. The seventh month] i.e. Sept.-Oct. of (probably) 537 b.c....
AND MEAT AND DRINK, etc] cp. 1 Kings 5:6 regarding Solomon's Temple. TO THE SEA OF JOPPA] RV 'to the sea, unto Joppa': cp. 2 Chronicles 2:16....
THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 3 V1 When the *people of Israel were living in their towns, they all met in Jerusalem together. It was the 7th month. Verse 1 The people...
THEY GAVE MONEY. — Their own workmen were paid in money; the Phoenicians, as in Solomon’s days (1 Kings 5; 2 Chronicles 2; 2 Chronicles 2), were paid in kind. This illustrates and is illustrated by...
וַ יִּ֨תְּנוּ ־כֶ֔סֶף לַ † חֹצְבִ֖ים וְ...
THE BUILDING OF THE ALTAR Ezra 2:61; Ezra 3:1 Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; wherever they were scattered, they carefully guarded their national...
The leaders in this return were evidently conscious of the matters of real importance in the life of the people. Directly they were settled in their cities, the altar of God was established at Jerusal...
The assistance they obtained from Tyre and Zidon in building the temple, suggests to us once more how the Lord had a continued reference to the poor Gentiles of the earth. They shall have somewhat to...
In the seventh month [1], the children of Israel gather themselves together at Jerusalem, each one going up from the place where he dwelt. The first thing which they do there, under the direction of J...
THEY GAVE MONEY ALSO TO THE MASONS, AND TO THE CARPENTERS,.... To buy stone and timber with for the building of the temple: AND MEAT AND DRINK AND OIL UNTO THEM OF ZIDON, AND TO THEM OF TYRE; which w...
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to...
_Meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon and Tyre_ The inhabitants of those towns wanted provisions more than money, as appears by the history of Solomon's building, 1 Kings 5:10. _To bring cedar...
1 The Altar is set vp. 4 Offerings frequented. 7 Workmen prepared. 8 The foundations of the Temple are laid in great ioy & mourning. 1 AND when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Isr...
They gave money also unto the masons and to the carpenters, the workmen who prepared the hewed stones and the timber for the building; AND MEAT AND DRINK AND OIL UNTO THEM OF ZIDON AND TO THEM OF TYRE...
THE WORSHIP RESUMED...
THE ALTAR AND SACRIFICES RESUMED (vv. 1-8) Though the building of the temple did not begin until the second month of the second year (v. 8), the children of Israel gathered together "as one man" in...
CARPENTERS: Or, workmen...
1-7 From the proceedings of the Jews on their arrival, let us learn to begin with God, and to do what we can in the worship of God, when we cannot do what we would. They could not at once have a temp...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Ezra 3:7 gave H5414 (H8799) money H3701 masons H2672 (H8802) carpenters H2796 food H3978 drink H4960 oil...
THE FIRST OBSERVANCE OF THE FEASTS OF THE SEVENTH MONTH AFTER THE RETURN (EZRA 3:1). It is probable that this is the first of the major feasts that the arrivees had been in a position to celebrate. (H...
CONTENTS: Altar set up and temple foundations relaid. Worship established. CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel, Jeshua. CONCLUSION: To see any branch of God's work reestablished after long desolations canno...
Ezra 3:1. _The seventh month,_ and the tenth day was the great and holy day of atonement, as explained in Leviticus 16. They had left Babylon in the spring; and being four months on their journey, the...
_From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord._ THE FULL ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES PRECEDES SHE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE A weighty truth is enshri...
_And when the seventh month was come._ REBUILDING THE TEMPLE I. They began by re-establishing the worship and service of the holy place. They set up an altar, and offered the daily sacrifice. A wise...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:1 The Returned Exiles Rebuild the Temple on Its Original Site. The book of Ezra 1:1 spans several generations. The returnees begin rebuilding, encounter resistance, an
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 3:4 For the FEAST OF BOOTHS, see Numbers 29:12. ⇐
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains— 1. The rebuilding of the altar (Ezra 3:1_ a_). 2. The renewal of the sacrificial worship and of the observance of the religious festivals (Ezra...
§ 2. RESTORATION OF THE ALTAR OF BURNT SACRIFICE, AND CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. EXPOSITION RESTORATION OF THE ALTAR ...
And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothe...
1 Kings 5:6; 1 Kings 5:9; 2 Chronicles 2:10; 2 Chronicles 2:16;...