Ezra 3:6 meaning and explanation
On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.
Ezra 3:6, Berean Standard Bible
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The returned exiles had come back from Babylon to a ruined city, and the seventh month held the great autumn festivals. Before any temple foundation existed, Jeshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the governor led the people to rebuild the altar and resume the daily burnt offerings, translated from the Hebrew olah, meaning that which goes up in smoke.
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