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Verse 17. _TWELVE HE-GOATS_] This was a sin-offering for every tribe....
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Compare with this modest sacrifice, which suits well “the day of
small things” Zechariah 4:10, the lavish offering of Solomon (see
the marginal reference “n”)....
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CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The search of the king and the result (Ezra 6:1)_
2. The command of Darius (Ezra 6:6)
3. The king's command obeyed (Ezra 6:13)
4. The house finished ...
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THE CARRYING OUT OF THE DECREE; THE TEMPLE COMPLETED AND DEDICATED.
Ezra 6:14. This cannot be in its original form; the success of the
building is ascribed both to the commandment of God and to the de...
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OFFERED. brought near. App-43.
ALL ISRAEL. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. Note the number "twelve".
App-10....
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_and offered_ R.V. AND THEY OFFERED. A fresh sentence: Ezra 6:16
treated of the general festivities: this verse describes the special
sacrificial offerings.
_at the dedication of this house_ These wor...
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3. The completion of the building, and its dedication
TEXT, EZRA 6:13-18
13
Then Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River,
Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues carried out the decre...
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_AND OFFERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THIS HOUSE OF GOD AN HUNDRED
BULLOCKS, TWO HUNDRED RAMS, FOUR HUNDRED LAMBS; AND FOR A SIN OFFERING
FOR ALL ISRAEL, TWELVE HE GOATS, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE TR...
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TWELVE HE GOATS] The number (see Numbers 7:37) was representative of
the twelve tribes of Israel, though only a few of them had returned
from their exile and were present at the festival....
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COMPLETION AND DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
This chapter relates the authorisation of the construction of the
Temple, and the completion of the work....
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 6
V1 Then King Darius gave a command. So people searched in the
records. Those records were in the house of the records in the city
calle...
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(16-22) The dedication of the second Temple....
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TWELVE HE GOATS. — The people are not now “Judah” or “Judah
and Benjamin,” but “all Israel.” On the Day of Atonement, on the
new moons, and on all the great feasts the kid was the sin-offering
for the...
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וְ הַקְרִ֗בוּ לַ חֲנֻכַּת֮ בֵּית
־אֱלָהָ֣א דְ
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THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
Ezra 6:6
THE chronicler's version of the edict in which Darius replies to the
application of the Satrap Tattenai is so very friendly to the Jews
that questions have been...
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PROSPERED IN A DIFFICULT WORK
Ezra 6:1
How much depended on the finding of that roll! But God knew where it
was, and led them to discover it, and inclined Darius to ratify it.
When we are anxious and...
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There can be no doubt that Tattenai felt that finding such a decree
was unlikely, if not impossible. That the search must have been
thorough is indicated by the place where the roll was found. The
sea...
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CHAPTER VI.
_ Goats, which had not left off sucking. (Menochius) (Numbers vii.
87.) --- Israel. The Samaritan Chronicles assert that the tribes
returned, as the prophets had foretold, and the sacred...
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How beautiful and truly interesting is it, to discover, more or less,
through the Bible, from the first forming of the church on our fathers
coming out of Egypt, even to the days of the Lord Jesus, ho...
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All this shews us that, in ceasing to build the temple, Israel was in
fault. It appears from Haggai (Ezra 2:15) that they had made no
progress at all. The terror with which the adversaries had inspire...
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AND OFFERED, AT THE DEDICATION OF THIS HOUSE OF GOD, AN HUNDRED
BULLOCKS, TWO HUNDRED RAMS, FOUR HUNDRED LAMBS,.... Hecatombs of
various sorts, which were always reckoned grand sacrifices, even among...
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And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred
bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering
for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tri...
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_And offered a hundred bullocks_, &c. Few in number in comparison of
those which Solomon had offered at the dedication of his temple. But,
being according to their present ability, their offering was...
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1 Darius finding the decree of Cyrus, maketh a new decree for the
aduancement of the building.
13 By the helpe of the enemies, and the directions of the prophets,
the Temple is finished.
16 The feas...
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THE SECOND TEMPLE DEDICATED...
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and offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred
bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, these being burnt
offerings, AND FOR A SIN-OFFERING FOR ALL ISRAEL, TWELVE HE-GOATS,
ACCOR...
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Having received the letter from Tattenai, Darius ordered that a search
be made in the archives where the treasures were stored in
Babylon.There is no doubt that God led the searchers to Achmetha in
th...
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13-22 The gospel church, that spiritual temple, is long in the
building, but it will be finished at last, when the mystical body is
completed. Every believer is a living temple, building up himself i...
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Ezra 6:17 offered H7127 (H8684) dedication H2597 this H1836 house
H1005 God H426 hundred H3969 bulls H8450 hundred...
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THE DECREE IS CARRIED OUT AND THE WORK ON THE TEMPLE IS COMPLETED
ACCOMPANIED BY DUE CEREMONY (EZRA 6:13).
Ezra 6:13
‘Then Tattenai, the governor of Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai,
and their comp...
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CONTENTS: Darius confirms the decree of Cyrus. Temple furnished and
worship restored.
CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Haggai, Zechariah, Tattenai, Shethar-bozenai,
Cyrus.
CONCLUSION: When God's time has co...
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Ezra 6:2. _There was found at Achmetha,_ that is, _Ecbatana,_ the
capital of Media, as in the Vulgate, the city where the archives were
kept; _a roll_ of the parchment. Revelation 7:1. “(?)” [Revelati...
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_And they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai._
THE TRUE PULPIT THE BEST PROMOTER OF HONEST INDUSTRY
It--
I. quickens the power of thought. He quickens public thought most who
presents the m...
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EZRA 6:1 King Darius Discovers and Reaffirms Cyrus’s Decree, and the
Work Is Completed. A record of Cyrus’s decree is discovered, and
King Darius confirms that the Jews are to be allowed to continue t...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 6:16 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. Even though the
returned exiles consisted of only three tribes (see note on 1:5), they
represent all 12, THE NUMBER OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) The
search for and discovery of the decree of Cyrus (Ezra 6:1). (ii.) The
decree of Darius for the furtherance of the building of the Temple...
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EXPOSITION
Ezra 6:13
SO THEY DID SPEEDILY. Tatnai and Shethar-boznai showed no reluctance.
They had no enmity against the Jews. Once clearly advertised of the
king's wishes, they carried them out wi...
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So Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of
the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. And there was
found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of...
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1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Kings 18:31; 1 Kings 8:63; 1 Kings 8:64;...