Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 7:17
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which [is] in Jerusalem.
17. Purpose of the gifts and offerings: (i) sacrifices.
that thou mayest buy speedily ] R.V. therefore thou shalt buy with all diligence; ‘therefore’, i.e. because of the gifts received from the crown, the Babylonians and the Jews.
‘with all diligence’, see note on Ezr 5:8. The sacrifices here mentioned, as in Ezr 6:9-10, consist of burnt offerings (bullocks, rams, lambs), with their accompanying ‘meal’ and ‘drink-offerings’, Num 15:1-16.
meat offerings ] R.V. meal offerings (i.e. ‘Minkhah’, as always in R.V.).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money,…. Thus freely contributed by one and another:
bullocks, rams, lambs; which were for burnt offerings:
with their meat offerings, and their drink offerings; which always went along with the burnt offerings, according to the law of Moses; and which the king seemed to have a right knowledge of, being, no doubt, instructed by Ezra, or some other Jew in his court:
and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem; the altar of burnt offering in the temple there.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) Buy speedily.Provide first of all for the sacrificial ceremonial. Every sacrifice had its own meat-offerings and drink-offerings (Numbers 15). These phrases in the commission of course Ezra dictated.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Ezr 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which [is] in Jerusalem.
Ver. 17. That thou mayest buy speedily ] Illico. immediately, God is himself a pure act, and hateth dulness in duty. What thou doest, do quickly, said Christ, even to the very traitor that did seek and suck his blood.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
meat offerings = meal offerings. Hebrew gift offerings. App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
buy speedily: Ezr 6:9, Ezr 6:10, Deu 14:24-26, Mat 21:12, Mat 21:13, Joh 2:14
their meat offerings: Num 15:4-13
offer them: Deu 12:5-11
Reciprocal: Isa 16:1 – the lamb