Ezra 3:1-3

Altar and Sacrifices Restored

1 Now when the seventh month came, and ¹the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

2 Then ²Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and ³Zerubbabel the son ⁴of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and ⁵built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, ⁶as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

3 So they set up the altar on its foundation, for ⁷they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they ⁸offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, burnt offerings morning and evening.

Ezra 3:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 3

This chapter relates how that the people of Israel returned from captivity, gathered to Jerusalem, and set up the altar, where sacrifices were offered, Ezr 3:1-3, and kept the feast of tabernacles, and offered the sacrifices of that, besides the daily sacrifice, and of other festivals; and contributed to the workmen that prepared for the building of the temple, Ezr 3:4-7 and began it by laying the foundation of it; which to some was matter of joy, to others of grief, on different accounts, Ezr 3:8-13.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 8:1
• 2. Nehemiah 12:1, 8
• 3. Haggai 2:2">Ezra Haggai 2:2; Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:2
• 4. 1 Chronicles 3:17
• 5. Exodus 27:1
• 6. Deuteronomy 12:5, 6
• 7. Ezra 4:4
• 8. Numbers 28:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "terror" was "upon them"