Ezra 3:6 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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What Does Ezra 3:6 Mean?
From the very first day of the seventh month the sacrifices begin. The narrator pauses to note what is still missing: the temple foundation has not yet been laid. Worship is already alive on open ground, under open sky, with no house yet to shelter it.
God does not wait for the finished building to receive His people. The altar precedes the temple; devotion precedes its housing. This is a quiet encouragement for anyone who feels unready -- the structures incomplete, the work barely begun. What God asks first is a heart that turns to Him now, in the present unfinished moment, not when every condition is finally in place.
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What does Ezra 3:6 mean?
They begin offering sacrifices from the first of the month, though the temple's foundation is still unlaid.