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Ezra 3

Ezra 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when the seventh
shbiy`iy (Hebrew #7637)
ordinal from 7657; seventh
KJV usage: seventh (time).
Pronounce: sheb-ee-ee'
Origin: or shbi iy {sheb-ee-ee'}
month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
was come
naga` (Hebrew #5060)
properly, to touch, i.e. lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphem., to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.)
KJV usage: beat, (X be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
Pronounce: naw-gah'
Origin: a primitive root
, and the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
were in the cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
, the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
gathered themselves together
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
as one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
to Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  The altar is set up.
4-6:  Offerings renewed.
7:  Workmen employed in preparing materials.
8-13:  The foundations of the temple are laid in great joy and mourning.
the seventh.
Ex. 23:14‑17• 14Thrice in the year thou shalt celebrate a feast to me.
 15Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread, (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I have commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt; and none shall appear in my presence empty;)
 16and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labours which thou hast sown in the field, and the feast of in-gathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field.
 17Three times in the year all thy males shall appear in the presence of the Lord Jehovah. (Ex. 23:14‑17)
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Lev. 16:29• 29And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you. In the seventh month, on the tenth of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you; (Lev. 16:29)
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Lev. 23:24,27‑44• 24Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, on the first of the month, shall ye have a rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
 27Also on the tenth of this seventh month is the day of the atonement: a holy convocation shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and present an offering by fire to Jehovah.
 28And ye shall do no manner of work on that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before Jehovah your God.
 29For every soul that is not afflicted on that same day, shall be cut off from among his peoples.
 30And every soul that doeth any manner of work on that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.
 31No manner of work shall ye do: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
 32A sabbath of rest shall it be unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls. On the ninth of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
 33And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
 34Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of booths seven days to Jehovah.
 35On the first day there shall be a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do.
 36Seven days ye shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah; on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall present an offering by fire to Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; no manner of servile work shall ye do.
 37These are the set feasts of Jehovah, which ye shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, and an oblation, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, everything upon its day;
 38besides the sabbaths of Jehovah, and besides your gifts, and besides all your vows, and besides all your voluntary offerings, which ye give to Jehovah.
 39But on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the produce of the land, ye shall celebrate the feast of Jehovah seven days: on the first day there shall be rest, and on the eighth day there shall be rest.
 40And ye shall take on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, palm branches and the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God seven days.
 41And ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah seven days in the year: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations; in the seventh month shall ye celebrate it.
 42In booths shall ye dwell seven days; all born in Israel shall dwell in booths;
 43that your generations may know that I caused the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.
 44And Moses declared the set feasts of Jehovah to the children of Israel. (Lev. 23:24,27‑44)
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Num. 29:1‑40• 1And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; a day of blowing the trumpets shall it be unto you.
 2And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet odour to Jehovah: one young bullock, one ram, seven yearling lambs without blemish;
 3and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram,
 4and one tenth part for each lamb of the seven lambs;
 5and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you,
 6--besides the monthly burnt-offering and its oblation, and the continual burnt-offering and its oblation, and their drink-offerings, according to their ordinance, for a sweet odour, an offering by fire to Jehovah.
 7And on the tenth of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls; no manner of work shall ye do.
 8And ye shall present a burnt-offering to Jehovah for a sweet odour: one young bullock, one ram, seven yearling lambs (without blemish shall they be unto you);
 9and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram,
 10one tenth part for each lamb, of the seven lambs;
 11and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering,--besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering and its oblation, and their drink-offerings.
 12And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation: no manner of servile work shall ye do; and ye shall celebrate a feast to Jehovah seven days;
 13and ye shall present a burnt-offering, an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs (they shall be without blemish);
 14and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil: three tenth parts for each bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,
 15and one tenth part for each lamb of the fourteen lambs;
 16and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering, its oblation and its drink-offering.
 17And on the second day, ye shall present twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;
 18and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
 19and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation, and their drink-offerings.
 20And on the third day, eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;
 21and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
 22and one he-goat for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation and its drink-offering.
 23And on the fourth day, ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;
 24their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
 25and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering, its oblation and its drink-offering.
 26And on the fifth day, nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;
 27and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
 28and one he-goat for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation and its drink-offering.
 29And on the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;
 30and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
 31and one he-goat for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering, its oblation and its drink-offerings.
 32And on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs without blemish;
 33and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to their ordinance;
 34and one he-goat for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering, its oblation and its drink-offering.
 35On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: no manner of servile work shall ye do.
 36And ye shall present a burnt-offering, an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah: one bullock, one ram, seven yearling lambs without blemish;
 37their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
 38and one he-goat for a sin-offering,--besides the continual burnt-offering and its oblation and its drink-offering.
 39These shall ye offer to Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your voluntary-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your oblations, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings.
 40And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Num. 29:1‑40)
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Neh. 8:2,14• 2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
 14And they found written in the law which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month, (Neh. 8:2,14)
as one.
Judg. 20:1• 1And all the children of Israel went forth, and the assembly gathered together as one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah. (Judg. 20:1)
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Neh. 8:1• 1all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel. (Neh. 8:1)
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Zeph. 3:9• 9For then will I turn to the peoples a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent. (Zeph. 3:9)
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Acts 2:46• 46And every day, being constantly in the temple with one accord, and breaking bread in the house, they received their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, (Acts 2:46)
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Acts 4:32• 32And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them; (Acts 4:32)
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1 Cor. 1:10• 10Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all say the same thing, and that there be not among you divisions; but that ye be perfectly united in the same mind and in the same opinion. (1 Cor. 1:10)
• The seventh month was a busy one for a faithful Israelite. In that month there were three feasts of Jehovah — the feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah), the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) and the feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot). (“Gathered As One Man to Jerusalem - Ezra 3:4” by N. Simon)
• This feast of trumpets prefigures the restoration of Israel in the last days, and it was therefore with a true spiritual perception that the people assembled themselves in Jerusalem at this time. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 3:1-7” by E. Dennett)
• Here, as at Pentecost, the whole congregation was as one man-one will dominating all, and gathering them with irresistible power to one common center. (“The Book of Ezra: Restoration From Babylon: Ezra 3:1-7” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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