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Christian Standard Bible ®

Ezra 3:1

When the seventh month arrived, and the Israelites were in their towns, the people gathered as one in Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Ethanim;   Month;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ethanim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the Second;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Joshua the son of jehozadak;   Temple;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezra, the Book of;   Jerusalem;   Judea;   Synagogue;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Festivals;   High Priest;   Zechariah, Book of;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Eliashib;   Priests and Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement, Day of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Temple, the Second;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
When the seventh month was come, and the children of Yisra'el were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Yerushalayim.
King James Version
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.
New Century Version
In the seventh month, after the Israelites were settled in their hometowns, they met together in Jerusalem.
New English Translation
When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
When the seventh month came and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one person to Jerusalem.
World English Bible
When the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities, the people assembled themselues as one man vnto Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities. And the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
During the seventh month of the year, the Israelites who had settled in their towns went to Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the seventh month arrived, after the people of Isra'el had resettled in the towns, the people gathered with one accord in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
So by the seventh month, the Israelites had moved back to their own hometowns. At that time all the people met together in Jerusalem. They were all united as one people.
George Lamsa Translation
AND when the seventh month was come and the children of Israel were in their cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to go up to Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. Then they all assembled in Jerusalem,
Lexham English Bible
Now the seventh month drew near and the Israelites were in the cities, so the people gathered as one in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And when the seventh month had come, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people assembled as one man to Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan the seuenth moneth came, and the children of Israel were now in their cities, the people came together euen as one man, vnto Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the seuenth moneth came, and the childre of Israel were now in their cities, the people came together euen as one man to Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
And when the seuenth moneth was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities: the people gathered themselues together, as one man to Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the seventh month came on, and the children of Israel were in their cities, and the people assembled as one man at Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thanne the seuenthe monethe was comun, and the sones of Israel weren in her citees.
Update Bible Version
And when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel [were] in the cities, the people assembled themselves as one man at Jerusalem.
New King James Version
And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
In early autumn, when the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people assembled in Jerusalem with a unified purpose.
New Life Bible
When the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in the towns, the people gathered together in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, when the seventh month was come, and the sons of Israel were in cities, then did the people gather themselves together as one man, unto Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities: and the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
When the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel [are] in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.
THE MESSAGE
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled into their towns, the people assembled together in Jerusalem. Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brother priests, along with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and his relatives, went to work and built the Altar of the God of Israel to offer Whole-Burnt-Offerings on it as written in The Revelation of Moses the man of God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

1When the seventh month arrived, and the Israelites were in their towns, the people gathered as one in Jerusalem. 2Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers began to build the altar of Israel’s God in order to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God. 3They set up the altar on its foundation and offered burnt offerings for the morning and evening on it to the Lord even though they feared the surrounding peoples. 4They celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed, and offered burnt offerings each day, based on the number specified by ordinance for each festival day. 5After that, they offered the regular burnt offering and the offerings for the beginning of each month and for all the Lord’s appointed holy occasions, as well as the freewill offerings brought to the Lord. 6On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, even though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had not yet been laid. 7They gave money to the stonecutters and artisans, and gave food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so they would bring cedar wood from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, according to the authorization given them by King Cyrus of Persia.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the seventh: Exodus 23:14-17, Leviticus 16:29, Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 23:27-44, Numbers 29:1-40, Nehemiah 8:2, Nehemiah 8:14

as one: Judges 20:1, Nehemiah 8:1, Zephaniah 3:9, Acts 2:46, Acts 4:32, 1 Corinthians 1:10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:1 - assembled Nehemiah 7:73 - when the seventh Psalms 102:14 - General Jeremiah 30:3 - and I John 11:55 - before

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”
Genesis 3:15
I will put hostility between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring.He will strike your head,and you will strike his heel.
Ecclesiastes 4:10
For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up.
Isaiah 27:1
On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Matthew 4:3
Then the tempter approached him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
Matthew 4:6
and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written:
Matthew 4:9
And he said to him, “I will give you all these things if you will fall down and worship me.”
Matthew 10:16
“Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as innocent as doves.
2 Corinthians 11:14
And no wonder! For Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner, showing them honor as coheirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the seventh month was come,.... The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and October; or when it "was approaching" p, for before it was actually come some following things were done, the people met, and an altar was built; for on the first day of it sacrifices were offered, Ezra 3:6,

and the children of Israel were in the cities; their respective cities, settling their domestic affairs:

the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem; the thing was universal, and done with as much dispatch as if only one man was concerned; and it seems to denote as if they were under a divine impulse, and came together without any consultation, or knowledge of each other's designs, and without summons.

p ויגע "cum appropinquaret", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The seventh month - i. e., the month Tisri (nearly our September), the most sacred month in the Jewish year Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23:24-41.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER III

The altar of burnt-offerings is set up, 1-3.

They keep the feast of tabernacles, 4-6.

They make provision for rebuilding the temple; and lay its

foundation in the second month of the second year, 7, 8.

Ceremonies observed in laying the foundation, 9-11.

Some weep aloud, and others shout for joy, 12-18.

NOTES ON CHAP. III

Verse Ezra 3:1. When the seventh month was come — The month Tisri, which answers to the latter part of our September, and beginning of October. It seems that the Israelites had left Babylon about the spring of the year; that on their arrival at Jerusalem they constructed themselves huts and sheds to lodge in among the ruins, in which they must have spent some months. After this they rebuilt the altar of burnt-offerings, and kept the feast of tabernacles, which happened about this time, and continued to offer sacrifices regularly, as if the temple were standing.


 
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