Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezra 8:33

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezra 8:33 - 8:33

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezra 8:33 - 8:33

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8:1 - 8:1
8:15 - 8:15
8:16 - 8:16
8:21 - 8:21
8:24 - 8:24
8:27 - 8:27
8:31 - 8:31
8:33 - 8:33

Now on the fourth day was the silver ... weighed in the house of our God - The first three days after their arrival in Jerusalem were undoubtedly given to repose; on the next, the treasures were weighed and handed over to the custody of the officiating priests of the temple. The returned exiles offered burnt offerings, and Ezra delivered the royal commission to the satraps and inferior magistrates; while the Levitical portion of them lent all the assistance they could in performing the additional work which the arrival of so many new worshippers occasioned.