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With this verse the writer resumes the use of the Hebrew language,
which he had discarded for the Chaldee from Ezra 4:8. With the
exception of the letter of Artaxerxes Ezra 7:12, all the remainder of...
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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 (Ezra 6:14)
5. The dedication o...
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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
earl...
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AND, &C. Here recommences the Hebrew language. See note on Ezra 4:8.
KEPT THE PASSOVER. One of the ten so recorded. See note on Exodus
12:28....
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The Hebrew is here resumed.
_the children of the captivity_ cf. Ezra 6:16; Ezra 8:35.
_kept the passover_ on the 14th of the 1st month (Nisan) as was
commanded in Exodus 12:6. Very few celebrations o...
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4. The Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread observed
TEXT, Ezra 6:19-22
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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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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 called...
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(16-22) The dedication of the second Temple....
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וַ יַּעֲשׂ֥וּ בְנֵי ־הַ גֹּולָ֖ה אֶת
־הַ פָּ֑סַח בְּ אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר
לַ † חֹ֥דֶשׁ...
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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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_And. Here the author resumes the Hebrew language. (Calmet) ---
Captivity, from which they were released, ver. 17. (Haydock)_...
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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 THE CHILDREN OF THE CAPTIVITY KEPT THE PASSOVER UPON THE
FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH. The month Nisan or Abib, which was
the month following that in which the temple was finished, Ezra 6:15,...
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And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the
fourteenth [day] of the first month.
Ver. 19. _And the children of the captivity_] So the returned captives
are called, first, to keep sti...
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_And the children, of the captivity kept the passover_ Now they were
newly delivered out of their bondage in Babylon, it was seasonable to
commemorate their deliverance out of their bondage in Egypt....
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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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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 in...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Ezra 6:19 descendants H1121 captivity H1473 kept H6213 (H8799)
Passover H6453 fourteenth H702 H6240 first H7223 month H2320
the children - Ezra 6:16
kept - Exodus 12:6-36; Joshua 5:10; 2 Chronicles 3...
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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 i...
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FIRST MONTH
That is, April....
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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...
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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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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 35:27; Exodus 12:6; Ezra 6:16; Joshua 5:10...