Ezra 3:6
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
Ezra 3:6 in other translations
| BSB | On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid. |
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| WEB | From the first day of the seventh month, they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD; but the foundation of the LORD’s temple was not yet laid. |
| ASV | From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah: but the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid. |
| YLT | From the first day of the seventh month they have begun to cause burnt-offerings to ascend to Jehovah, and the temple of Jehovah hath not been founded, |
| DARBY | From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer up burnt-offerings to Jehovah. But the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was not yet laid. |
| BBE | From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place. |
| Webster | From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt-offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. |
What does Ezra 3:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 3:4-6
Ezr 3:4-7. Offerings Renewed. 4-6. They kept also the feast of tabernacles ... From the first day of the seventh month--They revived at that time the daily oblation, and it was on the fifteenth day of that month the feast of tabernacles was held.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 3:1-7
From the proceedings of the Jews on their arrival, let us learn 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 at once have a temple, but they would not be without an altar. Fear of danger should stir us to our duty. Have we many enemies? Then it is good to have God our Friend, and to keep up communion with him. Our fears should drive us to our knees…
Ezra 3:6 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Ezra 3:5
And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.
- Ezra 3:6
From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord. But the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid.
- Ezra 3:7
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Ezra 3:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Desde el primer día del mes séptimo comenzaron á ofrecer holocaustos á Jehová; mas el templo de Jehová no estaba aún fundado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Depuis le premier jour du septième mois ils commencèrent à offrir des holocaustes à l’ Éternel; mais les fondements du temple de l’ Éternel n’étaient pas encore posés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Am ersten Tage des siebten Monats fingen sie an, Jehova Brandopfer zu opfern; aber der Grund des Tempels Jehovas war noch nicht gelegt. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | A primo die mensis septimi cœperunt offerre holocaustum Domino: porro templum Dei nondum fundatum erat. |