Ezra 3:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezra 3:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezra 3:6 is a verse from the book of Ezra in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the tem..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezra 3:6 — KJV
“From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. the foundation...: Heb. the temple of the LORD was not yet founded”
— Ezra 3:6 (KJV)
Ezra 3:6 in Context — About the Book of Ezra
Ezra records the first waves of return from Babylonian exile — rebuilding the altar, then the temple, against opposition and discouragement. Ezra himself arrives as a scribe devoted to studying, obeying, and teaching God's Word, modeling how revival begins with Scripture and honest confession.
Cross-References for Ezra 3:6
“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:6: day, month, offer
“And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. day by day: Heb. in a day”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:6: first, day, offer
“Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:6: day, month, offer
“Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:6: day, month, lord
“For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. began...: Heb. was the foundation of the going up”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:6: first, day, month
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