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Selected Verse: Ezra 6:17 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ezr 6:17 |
Strong Concordance |
And offered [07127] at the dedication [02597] of this [01836] house [01005] of God [0426] an hundred [03969] bullocks [08450], two hundred [03969] rams [01798], four [0703] hundred [03969] lambs [0563]; and for a sin offering [02402] [02409] for [05922] all [03606] Israel [03479], twelve [08648] [06236] he [06841] goats [05796], according to the number [04510] of the tribes [07625] of Israel [03479]. |
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King James |
And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| twelve he-goats--as at the dedication of the tabernacle (Num 7:87; Num 8:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare with this modest sacrifice, which suits well "the day of small things" Zac 4:10, the lavish offering of Solomon (see the marginal reference "n"). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Twelve he-goats - This was a sin-offering for every tribe. |
17 For all the firstborn [01060] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] are mine, both man [0120] and beast [0929]: on the day [03117] that I smote [05221] every firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] I sanctified [06942] them for myself.
87 All the oxen [01241] for the burnt offering [05930] were twelve [08147] [06240] bullocks [06499], the rams [0352] twelve [08147] [06240], the lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] twelve [08147] [06240], with their meat offering [04503]: and the kids [08163] of the goats [05795] for sin offering [02403] twelve [08147] [06240].
10 For who hath despised [0936] the day [03117] of small things [06996]? for they shall rejoice [08055], and shall see [07200] the plummet [068] [0913] in the hand [03027] of Zerubbabel [02216] with those seven [07651]; they are the eyes [05869] of the LORD [03068], which run to and fro [07751] through the whole earth [0776].