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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 3
Altar rebuilt—Regular sacrifices reinstituted—Foundations of
temple laid amid great rejoicing.
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1 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.
2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his
brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren,
and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt
aofferings thereon, as it is written in the law of
Moses theb man of God.
3 And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
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4 They kept also the afeast of
tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt
offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day
required;
5 And afterward offered the continual burnt
offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set afeasts
of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that
bwillingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
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6 From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
7 They gave money also unto the masons, and to the
carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of
Tyre, to bring acedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of
Joppa, according to the grant that they had of bCyrus king
of Persia.
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8 ¶ Now in the second year of their coming unto the
house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of
Jozadaka, and the remnant of their
brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
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8a Jeshua the son of Jozadak
Now the prophet Zechariah is another prophet about this time and in the book
of Zechariah it begins with a series of visions, the fourth of which in
chapter 3 of Zechariah is a vision of Jehoshua/Joshua the high priest standing
before the Lord, God the Father, with Lucifer upon Joshua's right hand and
therefore at the Father's left hand. That vision is considered to be
concerning the subsequent 'judgment council' wherein Lucifer was determined
against just prior to being cast out of heaven and as a reconfirmation in the
light of Satan's accusations against Jehovah-Jesus-Jehoshua. Most Jewish
scholars and many traditional Christian scholars consider that vision to be
but concerning the Jeshua the priest, the son of Jazadak. In chapter 6 of
Zechariah, Zechariah will 'crown' this contemporary priest Jeshua in similitude
of Jesus/Jehoshua to come. This was but a teaching moment wherein Jeshua the
priest was being used to teach that the Messiah when he would come would also
be named Jehoshua/Joshua/Jeshua.
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10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
11 And they sang together by course in praising and
giving athanks unto the LORD; because he is
bgood, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel.
And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they
cpraised the LORD, because the foundation of the
house of the LORD was laida.
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11a the foundation of the house of the
LORD was laid There are various days of celebration and recognition
in the building of a structure. There is the initial ground breaking which
today we have a ceremony to begin and when the building is complete we have
its dedication. Here the Jews have taken time to celebrate that point in
the building's construction which marked when the foundation of the building
had been laid.
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12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of
the fathers, who were aancient men, that had seen
the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their
eyes, bwept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for
joy:
13 So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
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