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CHAPTER 2
_ 1. The leaders (Ezra 2:1)_
2. The names of the returning exiles (Ezra 2:3)
3. The priests (Ezra 2:36)
4. The Levites and singers (Ez
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THE FREE-WILL OFFERINGS OF THE HEADS OF FAMILIES, AND THE SETTLEMENT
OF THE EXILES (_cf._ Nehemiah 7:70). The gifts are, of course, for the
Temple and its worship.
Ezra 2:68. when they came to the hou...
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SOME. a portion. Ezra mentions what _one_ portion gave. Nehemiah (Ezr
7:70) mentions what _he and two other_ portions gave. Hence the
numbers "perforce" cannot be the same, and there is no "discrepanc...
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8. Their offerings for restoring the Temple are recorded.
TEXT, EZRA 2:68-69
68
And some of the heads of fathers-' households, when they arrived at
the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offe...
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_AND SOME OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE OF
THE LORD WHICH IS AT JERUSALEM, OFFERED FREELY FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD TO
SET IT UP IN HIS PLACE:_
Some of the chief of the fathers,...
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THE NAMES AND NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED
1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa (Ezra 5:8). HAD
CARRIED AWAY] in 597 b.c. and 586 b.c. EVERY ONE UNTO HIS CITY] i.e.
to the provincial t...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 2
In the Book of Ezra, there are many names. Some of these people were
leaders. However, Ezra also refers to many people who were not
wel...
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They came to the site of the house not yet built, and offered for the
building....
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וּ מֵ רָאשֵׁי֙ הָֽ אָבֹ֔ות בְּ בֹואָ֕ם
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THE NEW TEMPLE
Ezra 2:68; Ezra 3:1
UNLIKE the historian of the exodus from Egypt, our chronicler gives no
account of adventures of the pilgrims on the road to Palestine,
although much of their way le...
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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...
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Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f
Cyrus's decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds
in a definite order, from the leaders downward. First, the nam...
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Their liberal offerings are taken notice of because they were given
with a liberal heart, though compared to former gifts in the building
of the first temple, their whole collection was small indeed....
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Nevertheless, God still gives the people-guilty under the law-an
opportunity for the exercise of faith. Let us examine the principles
that characterise the energy of the Holy Ghost in the people at th...
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AND SOME OF THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE OF
THE LORD THAT IS AT JERUSALEM,.... That is, when they came to the
place where it formerly stood, and where were still the ruins of...
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And [some] of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of
the LORD which [is] at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God
to set it up in his place:
Ver. 68. _And some of the chief...
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_When they came to the house of the Lord_ That is, to the place in
which the temple had stood, and where the ruins still remained.
_Offered freely_ Made a new offering, besides that which they had
bro...
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1 The number that returne, of the people,
36 of the Priests,
40 of the Leuites,
43 of the Nethinims,
55 of Solomons seruants,
62 of the Priests which could not shewe their pedigree.
64 The whole...
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And some of the chief of the fathers, such of the heads as could
afford it, WHEN THEY CAME TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WHICH IS AT
JERUSALEM, to the site where its ruins were then lying, OFFERED FREELY
F...
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THE POSSESSIONS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE RETURNED EXILES...
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LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES
(vv. 1-58)
This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual
who returned from the captivity, so that the number from each city is
recorded, and the tota...
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64-70 Let none complain of the needful expenses of their religion.
Seek first the kingdom of God, his favour and his glory, then will all
other things be added unto them. Their offerings were nothing...
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TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, i.e. to the ruins of the house; or to the
place where that house stood....
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Ezra 2:68 heads H7218 fathers H1 came H935 (H8800) house H1004 LORD
H3068 Jerusalem H3389 freely H5068 ...
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CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (EZRA 2:68).
The description of these differs considerably from that in Nehemiah
7:70, which does not mention the Temple, but gives greater detail
conc...
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A LIST OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM BABYLON TO JERUSALEM IN THE INITIAL
STAGES (EZRA 2:1).
In this chapter we are provided with a list of those who returned from
Babylon, taking advantage of Cyrus' edic...
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CONTENTS: The returning remnant.
CHARACTERS: God, Zerubbabel.
CONCLUSION: Sin debases and diminishes a nation but God always has a
faithful remnant who love the ceremonies of His house and give
libe...
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Ezra 2:1. _The children of the province._ Judea under Zedekiah was
reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may
import, the children of Israel who resided in the province of
Babyl...
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_And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of
the Lord which is at Jerusalem, offered freely._
POSSESSIONS AND OFFERINGS
I. The completion of their journey. “They came to the...
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EZRA 2:1 The Exiles Live Again in Their Ancestral Homes. This long
chapter tells of the exiles’ return from Babylon to resettle in
their former homes in Jerusalem and Judah. (The information in ch.
Ez...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 2:68 The location of the former temple is regarded
as a holy place, so it can already be called THE HOUSE OF THE LORD
THAT IS IN JERUSALEM....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have _the list of
those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their
contributions for rebuilding the Temple_. The contents may be arrange...
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EXPOSITION
THE OFFERINGS MADE BY THE RETURNED EXILES ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT
JERUSALEM (Ezra 2:68-15). It has been customary among the pious of all
ages and countries to make thank-offering
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So here they are returning to Jerusalem, as I said, some fifty
thousand. And in chapter two it gives you the names of the people and
the families that came and the numbers that came with them. Beginni...
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1 Chronicles 21:18; 1 Chronicles 22:1; 1 Chronicles 29:5; 2 Chronicles
3:1;...
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The house — That is, to the ruins of the house; or to the place were
it stood....