Ezra 3:4

4 They celebrated the ¹Feast of Booths, ²as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, ³according to the ordinance, as each day required;

Ezra 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 3:4

They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written
According to the rules prescribed for the observation of it in ( Leviticus 23:34-42 ) this began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month:

and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the
custom, as the duty of every day required;
for on all the eight days of the feast there was a certain number of sacrifices fixed for every day; and exactly according to the law concerning them did they offer them at this time; see ( Numbers 29:12-38 ) .

Ezra 3:4 In-Context

2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers 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.

3 So they set up the altar on its foundation, for they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD , burnt offerings morning and evening.

4 They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required;

5 and afterward there was a continual burnt offering, also for the new moons and for all the fixed festivals of the LORD that were consecrated, and from everyone who offered a freewill offering to the LORD .

6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD , but the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 8:14; Zechariah 14:16
• 2. Exodus 23:16
• 3. Numbers 29:12

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Tabernacles"
• [b]. Lit "by number"