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From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh: but the foundation of the temple of Yahweh was not yet laid.
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Worship Before Walls
Commentators emphasize that the returned exiles prioritized re-establishing worship even before laying the temple's foundation. They built an altar and began offering sacrifices immediately. This teaches a powerful principle: our relationship with God and our worship of Him should be the first priority, forming the spiritual foundation for any work we undertake for His kingdom.
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19th Century
Anglican
From the first day. —The notes of time demand notice. The altar was raised before the month came; from the first until th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
From the first of the seventh month began they to offerburnt offerings unto the LordA…
Presbyterian
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 …
