Bible Commentary

[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD. 35. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:35”

By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. 34. by number and by weight of every one ] R.V. the whole by number and by weight. The amount of the silver and gold was tested by weighing. The vessels and gifts were numbered, and their value … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:34”

Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:33”

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. 32. And we came to Jerusalem ] On the first day of the fifth month (Ezr 7:8). See note on the length of the journey. The size of the caravan, the number of women and children, the stoppages at Jewish settlements on the way to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:32”

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. 31 36. The Journey and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:31”

So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. 30. So look the priests and the Levites ] R.V. So the priests and the Levites received. This expression goes to prove that the body of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:30”

Watch ye, and keep [them], until ye weigh [them] before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. 29. Watch ye ] A word denoting vigilance and wakefulness (LXX. ): cf. Psa 127:1, ‘The watchman waketh but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:29”

And I said unto them, Ye [are] holy unto the LORD; the vessels [are] holy also; and the silver and the gold [are] a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. 28. Ye are holy ] i.e. consecrated to the Lord, as priests and Levites. Their sanctity not lessened by life in exile. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:28”

Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. 27. also twenty basons of gold ] R.V. and twenty bowls of gold: ‘bowl’ as in Ezr 1:10. of a thousand drams ] R.V. of a thousand darics. About 1 each: see on Ezr 2:69. The total … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:27”

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents; 26. unto their hand ] R.V. into their hand. Cf. note on Ezr 1:8. The enormous value of these gifts is startling. The suspicion that the figures have been exaggerated … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:26”