Ezra 3
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 10
Chapter Summary
1 The altar is set up. 4 Offerings frequent. 7 Workmen repaired. 8 The foundations of the temple are laid in great joy and mourning.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Son of Jozadak; priestly leader who rose up to build the altar and oversee the temple work
Son of Shealtiel; leader who with Jeshua built the altar and began laying the temple foundation
Levite who with Jeshua and his sons stood to oversee the workmen in the house of God
The man of God whose written Law governed how the burnt offerings were to be offered
King of Israel whose ordinance directed the priests and Levites in praising Jehovah at the foundation
Ancestor of the Levitical singers who stood with cymbals to praise Jehovah
Timeline
In the seventh month, Jeshua, Zerubbabel, and their brothers build the altar of the God of Israel on its bases to offer morning and evening burnt offerings, despite their fear of the surrounding peoples.
Ezra 3:1-3The returned exiles celebrate the Feast of Booths and formally reinstate the continual burnt offerings, new moon offerings, and the set feasts of Jehovah.
Ezra 3:4-6Silver is given to masons and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil are given to Sidonians and Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, authorized by Cyrus's grant.
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