Ezra 3:6

Ezra 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
• New International Version (NIV)On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had not yet been laid.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid.

Context of Ezra 3:6

4They also celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the prescribed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required; 5and afterward there was a continual burnt offering, also for the new moons and for all the appointed festivals of the Lord that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a voluntary offering to the Lord. From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, but the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid. 7Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had from Cyrus king of Persia. 8Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites who were twenty years old and upward to oversee the work of the house of the Lord.

Ezra 3:6 word by word

מִיּ֤וֹם אֶחָד֙ לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י הֵחֵ֕לּוּ לְהַעֲל֥וֹת עֹל֖וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה וְהֵיכַ֥ל יְהוָ֖ה לֹ֥א יֻסָּֽד׃Read the interlinear

• From the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• they beganחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• to offerעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• burntעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• but the foundationיָסַדyâsad · to foundH3245
• of the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964

Commentaries on Ezra 3:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The list of sacrifices, offered even before the temple's foundation was laid, showed the people's eagerness to worship God faithfully at every chance. They followed the law's instructions precisely. The new moon celebrations occurred on the first day of each Hebrew month. The sacrifices and trumpet blasts reminded the people of God's covenant with them (Numbers 10:10; 28:11–15). Voluntary offerings included gifts like money for building the temple (Exodus…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-6. They kept also the feast of tabernacles ... From the first day of the seventh month--They revived at that time the daily oblation, and it was on the fifteenth day of that month the feast of tabernacles was held.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 3:6

• Altar
• Daily Offering
• Ethanim
• Liberality
• Month
• Priest
• Temple
• Zerubbabel

In the dictionaries

• Altar
• Ordinance
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Atonement, Day of
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Jerusalem
• Sacrifice
• Senaah
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Ezra 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings