Ezra 3 · Verse 4

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, King James Version

Ezra 3:4 in other translations

BSBThey also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
WEBThey kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
ASVAnd 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;
YLTAnd 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;
DARBYAnd 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;
BBEAnd they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.
WebsterThey 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;

What does Ezra 3:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 3:4-6

Ezr 3:4-7. Offerings Renewed.

4-6. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 They 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, Ezr 3:6. And these were religiously continued all the time they were building the temple.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 3:1-7

From the proceedings of the Jews on their arrival, let us learn to begin with God, and to do what we can in the worship of God, when we cannot do what we would. They could not at once have a temple, but they would not be without an altar. Fear of danger should stir us to our duty. Have we many enemies? Then it is good to have God our Friend, and to keep up communion with him. Our fears should drive us to our knees…

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Ezra 3:4 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּvai.ya.'a.Suand they celebratedH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חַ֥גchag[the] festival ofH2282
הַסֻּכּ֖וֹתha.su.Kot<the> boothsH5521
כַּכָּת֑וּבka.ka.Tuvaccording to <the> [what] is writtenH3789
וְעֹלַ֨תve.'o.Latand a burnt offering ofH5930
י֤וֹםYoma dayH3117
בְּיוֹם֙be.yOmin a dayH3117
בְּמִסְפָּ֔רbe.mis.Parby numberH4557
כְּמִשְׁפַּ֖טke.mish.Pataccording to [the] ordinance ofH4941
דְּבַר\־de.var-[the] matter ofH1697
י֥וֹםYoma dayH3117
בְּיוֹמֽוֹ\׃be.yo.Moin day itsH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezra 3:4

  • Exodus 23:16

    And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

  • Numbers 29:12-38

    And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days: And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: …

  • Nehemiah 8:14-17

    And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

  • Zechariah 14:16-19

    And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

  • John 7:37

    In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

  • Exodus 29:38

    Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

  • Jeremiah 52:34

    And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

  • Leviticus 23:34-36

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

  • John 7:2

    Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

  • Exodus 5:13

    And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the feast.
Ex 23:16; Le 23:34-36; Ne 8:14-17; Zec 14:16-19; Joh 7:2,37
the daily.
Nu 29:12-38
as the duty of every day required. Heb. the matter of theday in his day.
Ex 5:13; 29:38; Jer 52:34; *marg:

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Context

  • Ezra 3:3

    And 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.

  • 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 3:5

    And 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.

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Ezra 3:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Hicieron asimismo la solemnidad de las cabañas, como está escrito, y holocaustos cada día por cuenta, conforme al rito, cada cosa en su día;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils firent la fête des tabernacles selon ce qui est écrit, et les holocaustes, jour par jour, selon leur nombre, selon l’ordonnance, le service de chaque jour en son jour,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie feierten das Laubhüttenfest, wie es vorgeschrieben ist; und sie opferten Brandopfer Tag für Tag, nach der Zahl, nach der Vorschrift, das Tägliche an seinem Tage;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Feceruntque solemnitatem tabernaculorum, sicut scriptum est, et holocaustum diebus singulis per ordinem secundum præceptum opus diei in die suo.