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Ezra 8:35

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezra 8:35

Verse 35 of 36

Scripture focus

[Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Ezra 8:35 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezra 8:35

Theological / Devotional

Burnt offerings. Like their predecessors under Zerubbabel, who had made an offering for “all Israel” at the dedication of the Temple (Ezra 6:17), the newly arrived exiles, also apparently representatives of all Israel, offered for the whole nation. The classes of animals offered are the same on both occasions. The number of he-goats is identical, but in every other case the number of animals is far less than upon the former occasion. This is consistent with the comparatively small number of those who returned under Ezra. In each category the number, except for the lambs, was divisible by 12. The number 77 is difficult to explain, unless emphasis was thereby given to the number 7, as some of the older commentators have suggested.

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