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Ezr 3:1-13.
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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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2. 約書亞——即被尼布甲尼撒在利比拉處死的大祭司西萊雅的孫子
（2Ki 25:18-21）。
其父約薩答曾被擄至巴比倫，並在此次事件之前一段時間死在那裡。
所羅巴伯——按血統本是毗大之子
（1Ch 3:17-19）；
但因由撒拉鐵撫養長大，故被稱為撒拉鐵之子。
建造以色列神的壇，為要在此獻燔祭——此事刻不容緩，為要：第一，為他們的罪贖罪；第二，為建殿的預備工作求得神的賜福，並激發他們敬虔與愛國之情，以推進這一國家性的大工。
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2. Jeshua--the grandson of Seraiah, the high priest, put to death by Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah
(2Ki 25:18-21).
His father, Josedech, had been carried captive to Babylon, and died there, some time before this.
Zerubbabel--was, according to the order of nature, son of Pedaiah
(1Ch 3:17-19);
but having been brought up by Salathiel, he was called his son.
builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon--This was of urgent and immediate necessity, in order, first, to make atonement for their sins; secondly, to obtain the divine blessing on their preparations for the temple, as well as animate their feelings of piety and patriotism for the prosecution of that national work.
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3. 他們在原有的根基上築壇——他們在舊根基上重新豎立祭壇，使其位置盡可能接近原來所立之處。
他們每日早晚獻燔祭——他們以履行宗教的公共儀節為本分，並不等到聖殿重建奉獻之後才開始；而是一開始就恢復律法所規定的每日事奉
（Ex 29:38, 39; Le 6:9, 11），
並守一年一度當嚴肅遵守的節期。
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3. they set the altar upon his bases--They reared it upon its old foundation, so that it occupied as nearly as possible the site on which it had formerly stood.
they offered burnt offerings . . . morning and evening--Deeming it their duty to perform the public rites of religion, they did not wait till the temple should be rebuilt and dedicated; but, at the outset, they resumed the daily service prescribed by the law
(Ex 29:38, 39; Le 6:9, 11),
as well as observed the annual seasons of solemn observance.
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Ezr 3:4-7.
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Ezr 3:4-7.
恢復獻祭
4, 6. 他們又守住棚節……從七月初一日起——那時他們恢復了每日的獻祭，並在當月十五日守了住棚節。
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Ezr 3:4-7.
OFFERINGS RENEWED.
4, 6. They kept also the feast of tabernacles . . . From the first day of the seventh month--They revived at that time the daily oblation, and it was on the fifteenth day of that month the feast of tabernacles was held.
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7. 他們又將糧食……酒和油給西頓人——他們與推羅人交涉雇傭工人和木材之事，其條件與目的與當年所羅門所作相同
（1Ki 5:11; 2Ch 2:15, 16）。
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7. They gave . . . meat . . . drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon--They opened negotiations with the Tyrians for workmen, as well as for timber, on the same terms and with the same views as Solomon had done
(1Ki 5:11; 2Ch 2:15, 16).
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Ezr 3:8-13.
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Ezr 3:8-13. 立聖殿的根基
8. 派利未人……督理工作——即作為工人的監工，在各不同部門中指導並鼓勵勞作者。
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Ezr 3:8-13. THE FOUNDATION OF THE TEMPLE LAID.
8. appointed the Levites . . . to set forward the work--that is, to act as overseers of the workmen, and to direct and animate the laborers in the various departments.
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9. 約書亞和他的兒子們——不是大祭司，而是一位利未人
（Ezr 2:40）。
這些人可能因在機械技藝與品味上的卓越才能，被特別委派為監工。
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9. Jeshua with his sons--not the high priest, but a Levite
(Ezr 2:40).
To these, as probably distinguished for their mechanical skill and taste, the duty of acting as overseers was particularly committed.
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12. 然而有許多祭司、利未人、族長……大聲哭號——這些痛苦的情感，是由可悲的對比所引發的：第一聖殿立根基時的昌盛境況與第二聖殿開工時國家與聖城荒涼凋零的光景；第二聖殿根基所用石頭較小且價值較低
（1Ki 7:9, 10），
並且連地基本身連同一切附屬建築都遠不如前者
（Hag 2:3）；
他們現下財力的相對薄弱與大衛和所羅門的豐厚資源之對比。然而或許他們悲傷的主要原因，還在於第二聖殿將缺乏那些構成第一聖殿極大與獨特榮耀之物；即約櫃、舍吉拿、烏陵和土明等。這不是說第二聖殿不夠宏大華美。但無論其物質上的榮耀多大，在這方面仍不及所羅門的殿。然而從另一個更重要的觀點來看，第二聖殿的榮耀遠超過第一聖殿，即它將接納道成肉身的救主於其墉之內
（Hag 2:9）。
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12. But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers . . . wept with a loud voice--Those painful emotions were excited by the sad contrast between the prosperous circumstances in which the foundations of the first temple had been laid and the desolate, reduced state of the country and city when the second was begun; between the inferior size and less costliness of the stones used in the foundations of the second
(1Ki 7:9, 10),
and the much smaller extent of the foundation itself, including all the appurtenances of the building
(Hag 2:3);
between the comparative smallness of their present means and the immense resources of David and Solomon. Perhaps, however, the chief cause of grief was that the second temple would be destitute of those things which formed the great and distinguishing glory of the first; namely, the ark, the shekinah, the Urim and Thummim, &c. Not that this second temple was not a very grand and beautiful structure. But no matter how great its material splendor was, it was inferior in this respect to that of Solomon. Yet the glory of the second far outshone that of the first temple in another and more important point of view, namely, the receiving within its walls the incarnate Saviour
(Hag 2:9).
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13. 百姓不能分辨歡呼的聲音和哭號的聲音——東方人表達悲哀總是十分高聲激烈，以號咷表示，其嚎聲有時與歡樂的歡呼之聲難以分辨。
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13. the people could not discern the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people--Among Eastern people, expressions of sorrow are always very loud and vehement. It is indicated by wailing, the howl of which is sometimes not easily distinguishable from joyful acclamations.
Ezr 3:1-13.
重建祭壇
1. 到了第七月——回歸的被擄之民於春季從巴比倫啟程。到達之後，他們有相當一段時間忙於必要的工作，在耶路撒冷及其附近的廢墟中為自己建造住所。這項預備工程既畢，他們便著手重建燔祭壇。因聖年之第七月已近——相當於我們九月底——正值住棚節
（Le 23:34）
當守之時，他們決意照常守這節期，一如聖殿已完全恢復一般。