Urim
( See Scofield) - (Exodus 28:30).
The Tirshatha - i. e., Zerubbabel. See margin. The word is probably old Persian, though it does not occur in the cuneiform inscriptions. Some der...
And the (l) Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with (m) Urim and with Thummim....
A List of the Exiles who Returned under Zerubbabel. See the Greek Ezra (1 Esdras) Esther 5:7-45 and Nehemiah 7:6-73 a , where this list also o...
Tirshatha . governor (Persian title). Here refers to Nehemiah, as in Nehemiah 8:9 ; Nehemiah 10:1 ; Nehemiah 12:26 . The Hebrew title is Pechah...
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. The Tirs...
Ver. 63. The Tirshatha — Tirshata, or Athirshata, the same as Nehemiah. The word תרשׁתא Tirshatha is the name of his employment, and sig...
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim....
The Names and Number of those who returned 1. The province] i.e. the Persian province of Judæa ( Ezra 5:8 ). Had carried away ] in 597 b.c. and 5...
The Tirshatha ] i.e. Zerubbabel, the title meaning 'governor,' perhaps one subordinate to a 'satrap.' Eat of the most holy things ] the privilege o...
(59-63) Finally, those who had lost the records of their lineage are mentioned. Of the people, the children of three families from Tel-melah, Hill o...
Tirshatha. — Interchangeable with Pechah, or governor, as Zerubbabel is called in chapter 5:14 and always in Haggai. It is probably an old Pers...
THE SECOND EXODUS Ezra 2:1-67 THE journey of the returning exiles from Babylon has some points of resemblance to the exodus of their fathers fr...
the Building of the Altar Ezra 2:61-70 ; Ezra 3:1-7 Throughout their history the true Israelites were eager to maintain their genealogy; where...
Chapter two contains the register of those who, taking advantage f Cyrus's decree, turned their faces toward Jerusalem. The list proceeds in a defini...
It is delightful to observe even in these times of deep poverty, how tenacious the Israelites were of their true origin and descent both from Israel...
And the Tirshatha said unto them ,.... By whom Jarchi understands Nehemiah, and observes, that their rabbins say he was so called, because the wise...
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. Ver. 6...
The Tirshatha The governor or king's commissioner, namely, Zerubbabel: whence Nehemiah is so called, Nehemiah 8:9 ; Nehemiah 10:2 . That they sh...
LIST OF RETURNED CAPTIVES (vv. 1-58) This chapter shows the definite interest God had in every individual who returned from the captivity, so th...
36 The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. 37 The children of Immer, a thousand fifty...
The Tirshatha, i.e. the governor, to wit, Zerubbabel; whence Nehemiah also is so called, Nehemiah 8:9 , Nehemiah 10:1 . Till there stood up a...
A List Of Those Who Returned From Babylon To Jerusalem In The Initial Stages ( Ezra 2:1-70 ). In this chapter we are provided with a list of those...
The Enrolling Of The Priests Who Could Not Prove Their Ancestry ( Ezra 2:63-65 ). Far more important was the situation of the priests who could no...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the list of those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, and their contributions for...
Ezra 2:1 . The children of the province. Judea under Zedekiah was reduced to a province of the Babylonian empire; or the phrase may import, the ch...
The number of the men of the people of Israel. A suggestive record Consider-- I. The significance of the fact of the record. 1. It Was an...
EXPOSITION THE NUMBER OF THOSE WHO RETURNED FROM CAPTIVITY WITH ZERUBBABEL , AND THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFS ( Ezra 2...
The People and the Priests Without Genealogy
And the Tirshatha, the governor of the province, said unto them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with U...
1 Samuel 28:6 ; Deuteronomy 33:8 ; Exodus 28:30 ; Leviticus 10:17 ; Leviticus 10:18 ; Leviticus 2:10 ; Leviticus 2:3 ; Leviticus 22:10 ; Lev...
Tirshatha — The governor, Zerubbabel. With Urim, &c. — That this point which could not be found out by human skill, might be determined by Divi...
63 And the Tirshathap said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.