Ezra 3:4

Ezra 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
• New International Version (NIV)Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required,
• New Living Translation (NLT)They celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed in the Law, sacrificing the number of burnt offerings specified for each day of the festival.

Context of Ezra 3:4

2Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God. 3Though fear had come upon them because of the people of those countries, they set the altar on its bases; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening burnt offerings. They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day. 5Afterwards they offered the regular burnt offering, and those for New Moons and for all the appointed feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and those of everyone who willingly offered a freewill offering to the Lord. 6From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, although the foundation of the temple of the Lord had not been laid.

Ezra 3:4 word by word

וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ אֶת־חַ֥ג הַסֻּכּ֖וֹת כַּכָּת֑וּב וְעֹלַ֨ת י֤וֹם בְּיוֹם֙ בְּמִסְפָּ֔ר כְּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט דְּבַר־י֥וֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They keptעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• also the feastחַגchag châg · feastH2282
• of tabernaclesסֻכָּהsûkkâh · boothH5521
• writtenכָּתַבkâthab · to writeH3789
• the dailyיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• burnt offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• by numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• according to the customמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941
• as the dutyדָּבָרdâbâr · word: portionH1697

Cross-references for Ezra 3:4

• Exodus 23:16and the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors which you have sown in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you have gathered in the fruit of your labors from the field.
• Leviticus 23:34“Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the Lord.
• Nehemiah 8:14And they found written in the Law, which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
• Zechariah 14:16And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
• John 7:2Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand.
• Numbers 29:12‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days.
• Exodus 5:13And the taskmasters forced them to hurry, saying, “Fulfill your work, your daily quota, as when there was straw.”
• Exodus 29:38“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.
• Jeremiah 52:34And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

Commentaries on Ezra 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written - This began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month; but they had begun the regular offerings from the first day of this month, Ezra 3:6. And these were religiously continued all the time they were building the temple.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The seven-day Festival of Shelters, as described in the Law (Leviticus 23:33–36; Numbers 29:12–38; Deuteronomy 16:13–16), reminded people of God's guidance and care during the forty years the nation lived in tents while traveling from Egypt to the promised land. This festival was especially meaningful to those who had recently made a similar journey from a foreign land, living in tents as they traveled to the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-6. They kept also the feast of tabernacles ... From the first day of the seventh month--They revived at that time the daily oblation, and it was on the fifteenth day of that month the feast of tabernacles was held.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 3:4

• Altar
• Daily Offering
• Liberality
• Priest
• Tabernacles, Feast of
• Temple
• Zerubbabel

In the dictionaries

• Ordinance
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Atonement, Day of
• Custom (2)
• Duty
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Jerusalem
• Sacrifice
• Senaah
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Ezra 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings