Ezra 3:4
in Ezra 3They 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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;
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;
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This verse in Ezra 3
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd they kept the feast of booths, etc. The Feast of Booths, which in the Gospel is called in Greek Skenopegia, that is, the pitching of booths, was a festival of seven days, beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, during which the …
This site's exposition
the feast of tabernacles
on Ezra 3:4-6
They keep the feast of tabernacles as it is written, offering the daily burnt offering by number according to the custom of each day, then add the offerings of the new moons and every freewill offering besides. Verse six carries the point the whole chapter is built on: offerings begin from the first day of the seventh month, but the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. The altar and the calendar of feasts run a full season ahead of any wall or roof.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Or rather let them learn of you, who are so well instructed in such histories, how that Jeshua the son of Josedek the priest, and his brother, and Zerubbabel the wise, the son of Salathiel, and Ezra the priest and scribe of the law, as the temple was being built after the captivity, the feast of tabernacles being at hand (which was a great feast and time of assembly and prayer in Israel), gathered the people together with one accord in the great court within the first gate, which is toward the east, and prepared the altar to God, and there offered their gifts and kept the feast.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written,.... According to the rules prescribed for the observation of it in Lev 23:34 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 Num 29:12.
Of the services of this feast, which continued seven days and had peculiar sacrifices appointed, it is said that they did as the duty of every day required (see Num. xxix. 13, 17 , &c.), Verbum die in die suo--the word, or matter, of the day in its day (so it is in the original)--a phrase that has become proverbial with those that have used themselves to scripture-language.
Tabernacles - This seems to be mentioned for all the solemnities of this month, whereof this was the most eminent, otherwise it is not probable, that they would neglect the day of atonement which was so severely enjoined, Lev. xxiii, 27-29, and was so exceeding suitable to their present condition.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ | vaiyaasu | and they celebrated | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חַ֥ג | chag | [the] festival of | H2282 → | |
| הַסֻּכּ֖וֹת | hasukot | <the> booths | H5521 → | |
| כַּכָּת֑וּב | kakatuv | according to <the> [what] is written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| וְעֹלַ֨ת | veolat | and a burnt offering of | H5930 → | 287 times |
| י֤וֹם | yom | a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּיוֹם֙ | beyom | in a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּמִסְפָּ֔ר | bemispar | by number | H4557 → | 134 times |
| כְּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט | kemishpat | according to [the] ordinance of | H4941 → | |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] matter of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| י֥וֹם | yom | a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃ | beyomo | in day its | H3117 → | 2304 times |
וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּand they celebrated
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חַ֥ג[the] festival of
chagH2282 →
הַסֻּכּ֖וֹת<the> booths
hasukotH5521 →
כַּכָּת֑וּבaccording to <the> [what] is written
kakatuvH3789 →224 times
וְעֹלַ֨תand a burnt offering of
veolatH5930 →287 times
י֤וֹםa day
yomH3117 →2304 times
בְּיוֹם֙in a day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
בְּמִסְפָּ֔רby number
bemisparH4557 →134 times
כְּמִשְׁפַּ֖טaccording to [the] ordinance of
kemishpatH4941 →
דְּבַר־[the] matter of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
י֥וֹםa day
yomH3117 →2304 times
בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃in day its
beyomoH3117 →2304 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
it leads to
- Isaiah 55:1
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 6:35
Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
- Isaiah 12:3
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
- Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
- Isaiah 55:1
Through
Exodus 23:16You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year,…
it leads to
- Exodus 34:22
And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
- Leviticus 23:9–21
And the LORD said to Moses,
- Deuteronomy 16:9–15
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
- Exodus 34:22
Where this verse is studied
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Studies1
About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Athanasius of Alexandria, DEFENSE BEFORE CONSTANTIUS 18; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.