Ezra 3:4
“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;”
Ezra 3:4 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- 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;
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the holocaust every day orderly according to the commandment, the duty of the day in its day.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
- DARBYDarby
- And they held the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and offered daily burnt-offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
- WEBThe World English Bible
- They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and [offered] the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- And they make the feast of the booths as it is written, and the burnt-offering of the day daily in number according to the ordinance, the matter of a day in its day;
- BPVBiblePics Version
- They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the proper number, according to the custom, fulfilling their daily responsibilities.
Context: Ezra 3
2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
3And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
4They 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;
5And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
6From 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.
About Ezra 3: Rebuild the Altar and Celebrate the Feast of Passover
The rebuilding of the altar in Jerusalem and the celebration of the feast of Passover.
Commentary
Ezra 3 is a chapter that speaks to the return of the Israelites to Jerusalem after their exile in Babylon. It is a chapter that speaks to the faithfulness of God and the commitment of the people to rebuild the temple.