Ezra 3:1
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New International Version (©2011)
When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem.

New Living Translation (©2007)
In early autumn, when the Israelites had settled in their towns, all the people assembled in Jerusalem with a unified purpose.

English Standard Version (©2001)
When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people gathered together in Jerusalem.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Seven months after the Israelis had settled in their cities, they all gathered together in Jerusalem as a united body.

NET Bible (©2006)
When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
When the seventh month came, the people gathered together in Jerusalem. (The Israelites had already settled in their cities.)

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

American King James Version
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

American Standard Version
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And now the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities: and the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

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

English Revised Version
And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people assembled themselves as one man at Jerusalem.

World English Bible
When the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Young's Literal Translation
And the seventh month cometh, and the sons of Israel are in the cities, and the people are gathered, as one men, unto Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:1-7 From the proceedings of the Jews on 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 we would. They could not at once have a temple, but they would not be without an altar. Fear of danger should stir us to our duty. Have we many enemies? Then it is good to have God our Friend, and to keep up communion with him. Our fears should drive us to our knees. The sacrifices for all these solemnities were a heavy expense for so poor a company; yet besides those expressly appointed, many brought free-will offerings to the Lord. And they made preparation for the building of the temple without delay: whatever God calls us to do, we may depend upon his providence to furnish us with the needful means.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 1. - When the seventh month was come. The seventh month was Tisri, and corresponded nearly to our October. It was the most sacred month of the Jewish year, commencing with a blowing of trumpets and a holy convocation on the first day (Leviticus 23:24), which was followed on the tenth day by the solemn day of atonement (ibid. ver. 27; comp. Leviticus 16:29-34), and on the fifteenth day by the feast of tabernacles or "ingathering," one of the three great annual festivals, which lasted to the twenty-second day. Zerubbabel and Joshua determined to risk a disturbance rather than defer the restoration of the altar beyond the commencement of this sacred month. The people gathered themselves together. The people were bound to attend the feast of tabernacles (Exodus 23:14-16); but something more than this seems to be intended. The restoration of the altar and the re-establishment of the daily sacrifice having been announced, there was a general influx of the country Israelites into Jerusalem to witness the proceedings. As one man. Very emphatic (comp. Judges 20:1, 8; 2 Samuel 19:14).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the seventh month was come,.... The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and October; or when it "was approaching" (p), for before it was actually come some following things were done, the people met, and an altar was built; for on the first day of it sacrifices were offered, Ezra 3:6,

and the children of Israel were in the cities; their respective cities, settling their domestic affairs:

the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem; the thing was universal, and done with as much dispatch as if only one man was concerned; and it seems to denote as if they were under a divine impulse, and came together without any consultation, or knowledge of each other's designs, and without summons.

(p) "cum appropinquaret", Piscator.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 3

Ezr 3:1-13. The Altar Set Up.

1. when the seventh month was come—The departure of the returning exiles from Babylon took place in the spring. For some time after their arrival they were occupied in the necessary work of rearing habitations to themselves amid the ruins of Jerusalem and its neighborhood. This preliminary work being completed, they addressed themselves to rebuild the altar of burnt offering. As the seventh month of the sacred year was at hand—corresponding to the latter end of our September—when the feast of tabernacles (Le 23:34) fell to be observed, they resolved to celebrate that religious festival, just as if the temple had been fully restored.

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Altar and Sacrifices Restored
1And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. 2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. 3And they set the altar on his bases; for fear was on them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. …

Nehemiah 7:73 The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the musicians and the temple servants, along with certain of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. Ezra Reads the Law When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,
Nehemiah 8:1 all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate. They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.