In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
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In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
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In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
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In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 31:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 23:16-24 The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh. You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh. You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh. You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you must not wholly reap into the corners of your field, and you must not gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor, and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your God.’ ” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn rest for you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 31:7 In the third month they began to…
2Ch 31:7 In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished [them] in the seventh month.
Ver. 7. In the third month.] About pentecost which is called the feast of harvest.
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They began to lay the foundation of the heaps.] That is, Of the grain stacks, brought by the people into the tithe barns. {Mal 3:10} This they did not, till the king both exhorted them, and began to them.
And finished them in the seventh month.] About the feast of tabernacles, called the feast of ingathering at the end of the year. {Exo 23:16}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In the third month, to wit, of the sacred…
In the third month, to wit, of the sacred year, Exo 12:2 in which their harvest began.
In the seventh month; in which their harvest ended and the feast of tabernacles was kept, Exo 23:16; Lev 23:34.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain In the third month they began to lay the…
In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps..... The month Sivan, as the Targum, in which month was the feast of Pentecost, called the feast of the harvest, Exo 23:16, for then barley harvest was ended, and wheat harvest began, and the firstfruits were brought:
and finished them in the seventh month; the month Tisri, as the Targum, in which was the feast of tabernacles, sometimes called the feast of ingathering, of the fruits of the earth, the wine, oil, &c. and so a proper time for bringing the tithes of all.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Third month - Of the sacred year, in which…
Third month - Of the sacred year, in which their harvest began. Seventh - In which their harvest ended and the feast of tabernacles was kept.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 7. In the third month] "The month Sivan;…
Verse 7. In the third month] "The month Sivan; the seventh, Tisri." - Targum.
The heaps] The vast collections of grain which they had from the tithes over and above their own consumption; see 2Ch 31:10.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The third month - Compare 2Ch 29:3; 2Ch 30:2,…
The third month - Compare 2Ch 29:3; 2Ch 30:2, 2Ch 30:13. The events hitherto described - the destruction of the high places, the re-appointment of the courses, and the re-establishment of the tithes followed so closely upon the Passover, that a month had not elapsed from the conclusion of the Feast before the gifts began to pour in. In the seventh month the harvest was completed; and the last tithes and first-fruits of the year would naturally come in then.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Them, bringing from Pentecost till the harvest was ended.
Them, bringing from Pentecost till the harvest was ended.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. The foundation of the heaps — The beginning…
7. The foundation of the heaps — The beginning of the piles, or collections, of corn, wine, and oil. They began to heap up their stores of material for the continual service.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. the third month] The Feast of Harvest took…
7. the third month] The Feast of Harvest took place at the beginning of this month and seven weeks later the Feast of Ingathering followed.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) In the third month.—And so at the end…
(7) In the third month.—And so at the end of wheat-harvest, the third month (Sivan) answering to our May—June. Pentecost, the Feast of Harvest, or Firstfruits, fell in this month.
To lay the foundation.—To found, or lay. Heb., lîsôd, a curious form only met with here. (Comp. lîsôd, Isa_51:16.)
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In the seventh month.—Tisri (September to October), in which was held the great Feast of Tabernacles, after all the fruits had been gathered in, and the vintage was over.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The third month the heaps the seventh month. The…
The third month the heaps the seventh month. The grain harvest closed with the Feast of Weeks, about the sixth day of the third month so that tithe in kind would be paid. The seventh month brought the Feast of Ingathering, when the vintage was over. For illustration of the despatch with which Hezekiah proceeded in his reforming works, comp. 2Ch_29:3 2Ch_30:2, 2Ch_30:13.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain third month i.e. June.
third month i.e. June.
seventh month i.e. October.
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