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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_
2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15)
3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21)
4. The appointment of guardians ...
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THE ARRIVAL IN JERUSALEM.
Ezra 8:31. on the twelfth day. : _ cf._ Ezra 7:8 f., Ezra 8:15.
Ezra 8:35. _Cf._ Zerubbabel's offerings at the dedication
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BY NUMBER AND BY WEIGHT OF EVERY ONE: or, the whole by number and
weight....
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_by number_and _by weight of every one_ R.V. THE WHOLE BY NUMBER AND
BY WEIGHT. The amount of the silver and gold was tested by weighing.
The vessels and gifts were numbered, and their value estimated...
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5. The journey is made, and the goods are delivered at Jerusalem.
TEXT, EZRA 8:31-36
31
Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first
month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of...
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PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY
1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only
males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of
such doubtless increased the tend...
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BY NUMBER.. OF EVERY ONE] RV 'the whole by number and by weight.'...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 8
V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families.
They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...
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(32-36) The arrival in Jerusalem, and first proceedings there....
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BY NUMBER AND BY WEIGHT. — The number of the vessels and the weight
of the ingots were recorded and laid up for security....
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THANKSGIVING FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS
Ezra 8:24
Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn
trust of our own souls, and next the great deposit of the gospel; 1
Timothy 1:11; 1 T...
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In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who
joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of
the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...
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I admire the continual observance of the offerings, and the
sacrifices; not for the multitudes of beasts slaughtered, but for the
evident reference the whole had to the person of the Lamb of God. Oh!...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8.
Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must
still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people,
even when t...
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BY NUMBER AND BY WEIGHT OF EVERYONE,.... They were delivered in by
tale and weight, which exactly agreed to the number and weight in
which they received them:
AND ALL THE WEIGHT WAS WRITTEN AT THAT T...
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By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written
at that time.
Ver. 34. _By number and by weight, &c._] In reference to this text,
let thy confession be full, saith a reverend m...
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_All the weight was written at that time_ There was a public record
made of it; and the persons before mentioned, who brought the money
and the vessels, were discharged by a public instrument signed b...
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1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon.
15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple.
21 He keepeth a fast.
24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests.
31 Fro...
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by number and by weight of every one; and all the weight was written
at that time, everything noted down carefully in an official document,
so that the correct preservation might be confirmed....
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The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
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A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS
(vv. 1-14)
Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded
here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been
present, but are not ment...
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31-36 Enemies laid wait for the Jews, but God protected them. Even
the common perils of journeys, call us to go out with prayer, and to
return with praise and thanksgiving. But what shall we render w...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 8:34 number H4557 weight H4948 weight H4948 written H3789 (H8735)
time H6256...
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Ezra 8:34
‘The whole by number and by weight, and all the weight was written
at that time.'
Full records were kept of both the vessels and ingots by number, and
also by weight, and everything that wa...
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CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem.
Treasure placed in the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar,
Jozabad, Noadiah.
CONCLUSION: God's serv...
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Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam.
Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and
contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...
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EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees,
Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended
account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:32 WE CAME TO JERUSALEM. This was on the first
day of the fifth month (Ab, July/August), after nearly four months of
travel (see note on 7:9)....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list
of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying
each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...
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EXPOSITION
EZRA 8:21
THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE. The fight of the civil ruler to
"proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites.
Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she w...
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So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra,
totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that
were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...