V.61-63 A sad and important lesson. Some were “put from the priesthood” because they could not prove what family they belonged to. It made no difference while they were in captivity, but now when they have returned to occupy again the place where the Lord had set His name, there was much care as to who should act as a priest and who should not. When it is a question of the worship of God, we see how absolutely necessary it is that it be done according to God’s order and not according to what men think. This is why there are so many denominations today (John 4:23).
V.68 When they came to the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem they saw that it had been destroyed. They had come there to rebuild it yet they act in wonderful faith, as if the house were truly standing.
V.70 We have read of seven groups. Those who returned were seen as taking the place of the nation of “all Israel,” even though they were less than 50,000 (Read Rom. 11:26).