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 celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed in the Law, sacrificing the number of burnt offerings specified for each day of the festival. 5They also offered the regular burnt offerings and the offerings required for the new moon celebrations and the annual festivals as prescribed by the Lord. The people also gave voluntary offerings to the Lord. Fifteen days before the Festival of Shelters began, the priests had begun to sacrifice burnt offerings to the Lord. This was even before they had started to lay the foundation of the Lord’s Temple. 7Then the people hired masons and carpenters and bought cedar logs from the people of Tyre and Sidon, paying them with food, wine, and olive oil. The logs were brought down from the Lebanon mountains and floated along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa, for King Cyrus had given permission for this. 8The construction of the Temple of God began in midspring, during the second year after they arrived in Jerusalem. The work force was made up of everyone who had returned from exile, including Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jehozadak and his fellow priests, and all the Levites. The Levites who were twenty years old or older were put in charge of rebuilding the Lord’s Temple.

Ezra 3:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• From the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the seventhשְׁבִיעִיshebîy‛îy shebi‛îy · seventhH7637
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• beganחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
• they to offerעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• burnt offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• unto 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