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David Guzik commentary on Ezra 3 explains the restoration of regular worship in Jerusalem after those in exile have returned.
Appointed the Levites from twenty years old and above to oversee the work: The Law of Moses commanded that the Levites begin their service at thirty years of age (Numbers 4:1-3, 4:3-47). David changed the starting point for Levitical service to twenty years of age ( 1 Chronicles 23:24 ).
Click here to read David Guzik’s written commentary on the book of Ezra. Introduction to the Book of Ezra. Ezra 1 – Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Return. Ezra 2 – The List of Returning Exiles. Ezra 3 – The Foundation of the New Temple. Ezra 4 – Attempts to Stop the Work.
“There are many difficulties in this table of names; but as we have no less than three copies of it that contained here from Ezra 2:1-67, a second in Nehemiah 7:6-69, and a third in 1 Esdras 5:7-43, on a careful examination they will be found to correct each other.” (Clarke)
Some believe that he was a partner to Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2, 3:2), and others believe that these were simply two names for the same person. i. “There is a view that Sheshbazzar was a second name for Zerubbabel, used in all transactions with the ruling power….
David Guzik commentary on 2 Corinthians 3, in which Paul refers to the glory of the new covenant in contrast to the old one.
The date given in Ezra 2:1 is significant. The first day of the seventh month was the commencement of the great festival of tabernacles, the most joyous feast of the year, crowded with reminiscences from the remote antiquity of the Exodus, and from the dedication of Solomon’s Temple.
