John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 3:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when the seventh month was come, etc.] The month Tisri, which answers to part of September and October; or when it “was approaching” f33, 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, (<150306>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.

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