Ezra 3:1-8
seventh <07637> [the seventh.]
<0259> [as one.]
Jeshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
[Joshua the son of Josedech. Zerubbabel.]
[Zorobabel, Salathiel. as it is written.]
Bp. Patrick observes, that before the temple was built, there seems to have been a tabernacle pitched for Divine service, as was in David's time, not on mount Moriah, but mount Sion, to be used while the temple was building. Let us learn hence to begin with God, and to do what we can in the worship of God, when we cannot do what we would. They could not immediately have a temple, but they would not be without an altar. Wherever a Christian goes, if he carry not with him the sacrifices of prayer and praise, he is wanting in his duty; for he has an altar ever ready that sanctifies both the gift and the giver.
altar <04196> [the altar.]
terror <0367> [for fear.]
burnt offerings ............. offerings <05930> [even burnt.]
Festival <02282> [the feast.]
day <03117> [the daily.]
daily .......... day <01697 03117> [as the duty of every day required. Heb. the matter of the day in his day.]
continual <08548> [the continual.]
voluntarily offered <05068> [willingly.]
temple ....... established <01964 03068 03245> [the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.]
Heb. the temple of the Lord was not yet founded.
provided money <03701 05414> [gave money.]
carpenters <02796> [carpenters. or, workmen. meat.]
Joppa <03305> [Joppa]
Joppa, now Jaffa or Yaffa, one of the most ancient sea-ports in the world, is situated in a fine plain on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Jamnia south and Caesarea of Palestine north, 150 stadia from Antipatris, according to Josephus, 30 miles south of Caesarea, 12 miles north of Ashdod, 9 miles west of Ramla, and 40 miles west of Jerusalem, according to modern authorities; and in lat. 32 degrees 50' long. 65 degrees 40' according to Ptolemy. It is still a considerable town, containing about 4,000 or 5,000 souls, and occupying a circular eminence close to the seaside, with a citadel on the summit; the bottom of the hill being surrounded by a wall 12 or 14 feet high, and two or three feet thick. The environs are occupied by extensive gardens.
in accord with the edict <07558> [according.]
Zerubbabel <02216> [Zerubbabel.]
year ................... son ....... son ................................. Levites ...... twenty years <08141 01121 06242> [twenty years old.]
