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A Sacred and Intentional Reunion
Commentators explain that the gathering in the "seventh month" (Tisri, our September/October) was highly intentional. This was the most sacred month in the Jewish calendar, containing the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. Their first major act as a community was to re-establish worship according to God's ordained time.
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Ezra
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Albert Barnes
On Ezra 3:1
18th Century
Theologian
The seventh month - i. e., the month Tisri (nearly our September), the most sacred month in the Jewish year (Exodus 23:16; [Refe…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezra 3:1
19th Century
Bishop
The seventh month was come. —Rather, approached. Tisri, answering to our September, was…
John Gill
On Ezra 3:1
17th Century
Pastor
And when the seventh month had come
The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and October; or when it "was…
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Matthew Henry
On Ezra 3:1–7
17th Century
Minister
From the actions of the Jews upon 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 …