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Restoring the Foundation
Commentators agree that setting the altar "upon its base" means the returning exiles found the original foundation from before the exile. Charles Ellicott explains this act signified that their new life was not an innovation, but a direct restoration and continuation of their ancestral faith and worship.
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Ezra
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Albert Barnes
On Ezra 3:3
18th Century
Theologian
Upon his bases — They restored the old altar of burnt-offerings, which stood directly in front of the temple-porch, upon the old fo…
Charles Ellicott
On Ezra 3:3
19th Century
Bishop
Upon his bases. —Upon its old site, or its place, discovered among the ruins. Thus was it signified that all the new was …
John Gill
On Ezra 3:3
17th Century
Pastor
And they set the altar upon his bases
Which might remain of the old altar; or the meaning is, that it was fixed and …
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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 …