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Verse 20. _THE LEVITES WERE PURIFIED TOGETHER_] They were all ready at
one time to observe the proper rites and ceremonies, and had no need
of having a second passover, which was appointed by the law...
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Some render, “And the priests were purified; and the Levites, as one
man, were all of them pure.” A contrast is drawn between the
universal purity of the Levites and the merely general purity of the
p...
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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 CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER. Hebrew is resumed here.
Ezra 6:19. the fourteenth day of the first month: _cf._ Exodus 12:6.
The leading part taken by the Levites here is not in accordance with
earli...
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The explanatory -for" means that this celebration of the Passover
could take place, because the priests and Levites had duly prepared
themselves for it by ceremonial purification.
_the priests and th...
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4. The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread observed
TEXT, Ezra 6:19-22
19
And the exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first
month.
20
For the priests and the Levites had puri...
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_AND THE CHILDREN OF THE CAPTIVITY KEPT THE PASSOVER UPON THE
FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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FOR THE PRIESTS, etc.] better, 'for the priests had purified
themselves, and the Levites, as one man, were all of them pure.'
KILLED THE PASSOVER FOR ALL] i.e. the Levites, who in Hezekiah's time
kill...
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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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PURIFIED TOGETHER. — This verse should be translated as follows,
contrary to the present accentuation: “The priests were purified;
and the Levites were purified as one man: all were pure; and
killed.”...
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כִּ֣י הִֽטַּהֲר֞וּ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֧ים וְ
הַ לְוִיּ
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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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_One man, with zeal and unanimity; so that a second Phase was not to
be celebrated, 2 Paralipomenon xxx. 3._...
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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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For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them
[were] pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the
captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves....
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_The priests and Levites were purified together_ Hebrew, כאחד,
_cheechad, as one man_, so the word signifies. They were unanimous,
both in their resolutions, and in their endeavours, to make and keep...
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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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For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them
were pure, having taken care to perform the rites of consecration,
Exodus 19:10, and to be cleansed from all Levitical defilement, A...
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THE SECOND TEMPLE DEDICATED...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 6:20 priests H3548 Levites H3881 purified H2891 (H8694) H259
clean H2889 slaughtered H7819 (H8799) Passover...
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THE WRITER NOW COMMENCES AGAIN IN HEBREW.
The writer now changes back from using Aramaic to using Hebrew. This
is in order that the whole passage from Ezra 4:1 to Ezra 6:22,
although written mainly in...
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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 6:19 The text returns from Aramaic to Hebrew in v.
Ezra 6:19 (see note on 4:7–8). The PASSOVER is...
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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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2 Chronicles 29:34; 2 Chronicles 30:15; 2 Chronicles 35:11; Exodus
12:21;...