Esdra 3:4-6

4 E celebrarono la festa delle Capanne, nel modo ch’è scritto, e offersero giorno per giorno olocausti secondo il numero prescritto per ciascun giorno;

5 poi offersero l’olocausto perpetuo, gli olocausti dei noviluni e di tutte le solennità sacre all’Eterno, e quelli di chiunque faceva qualche offerta volontaria all’Eterno.

6 Dal primo giorno del settimo mese cominciarono a offrire olocausti all’Eterno; ma le fondamenta del tempio dell’Eterno non erano ancora state gettate.

Esdra 3:4-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 3

This chapter relates how that the people of Israel returned from captivity, gathered to Jerusalem, and set up the altar, where sacrifices were offered, Ezr 3:1-3, and kept the feast of tabernacles, and offered the sacrifices of that, besides the daily sacrifice, and of other festivals; and contributed to the workmen that prepared for the building of the temple, Ezr 3:4-7 and began it by laying the foundation of it; which to some was matter of joy, to others of grief, on different accounts, Ezr 3:8-13.