以斯拉记 3:8

Chinese Union (Simplified)

百 姓 到 了 耶 路 撒 冷 　 神 殿 的 地 方 。 第 二 年 二 月 ， 撒 拉 铁 的 儿 子 所 罗 巴 伯 ， 约 萨 达 的 儿 子 耶 书 亚 和 其 馀 的 弟 兄 ， 就 是 祭 司 、 利 未 人 ， 并 一 切 被 掳 归 回 耶 路 撒 冷 的 人 ， 都 兴 工 建 造 ； 又 派 利 未 人 ， 从 二 十 岁 以 外 的 ， 督 理 建 造 耶 和 华 殿 的 工 作 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
重建聖殿眾人來到耶路撒冷　神的殿以後，第二年二月，撒拉鐵的兒子所羅巴伯、約薩達的兒子耶書亞和他們其餘的兄弟，就是祭司、利未人和所有從被擄之地回到耶路撒冷的人，就開始動工建造；又委派二十歲以上的利未人，監督耶和華殿的工程。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Zerubbabel: Ezra 3:2

twenty years old: Numbers 4:3, 1 Chronicles 23:24-32

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:38 - seven years 1 Chronicles 3:17 - Salathiel Ezra 2:2 - Jeshua Ezra 5:16 - laid Ezra 6:14 - And the elders Nehemiah 7:1 - the porters Nehemiah 7:7 - Jeshua Nehemiah 12:1 - Zerubbabel Jeremiah 30:3 - and I Haggai 1:1 - unto Zechariah 4:9 - have

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem,.... The place where it formerly stood; the Jews seem to have set out from Babylon, in the spring of the preceding year, as it was now of this; which to Jerusalem was a journey of about four months, as Ezra performed it, Ezra 7:9, but might take up longer time for such a body of people to do it in, being larger than that with him; wherefore, after they had visited their respective cities, and settled their affairs there, they came to Jerusalem on the seventh month, or September, and kept the feast of tabernacles, and then they returned to their cities again, the winter season being an improper time to begin the building of the temple; having given money to workmen to purchase materials with, and no doubt left a sufficient number to clear away the rubbish, and get things ready by the returning spring to set about the work:

in the second month; the mouth Ijar, as Jarchi observes, answering to part of April and May, having, as may be supposed, kept the passover the month before:

began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak: the prince, and the high priest:

and the remnant of their brethren, the priests and Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; whose names and numbers are given in the preceding chapter:

and appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upwards to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; to put men to work upon it, and direct them what to do, and urge them to attend closely to it; ever since David's time the Levites were employed at twenty years of age, when before not till thirty, or twenty five; see 1 Chronicles 23:24.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Unto the house of God - i. e., to the place where the house of God had been, and where God was believed still to have His special dwelling.

And appointed the Levites - This is the emphatic clause of the present verse. Though so small a number of Levites had returned from Babylon Ezra 2:40, yet they were especially singled out to be entrusted with the task of superintending and advancing the building of the temple.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 3:8. In the second year — The previous time had been employed in clearing the ground, felling timber, hewing stones, and transporting them to the place, and making other necessary preparations for the commencement of the building.