Ezra 3:4 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 3:4

They 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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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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Commentary

4 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

DEFENSE BEFORE CONSTANTIUS 18 (373)

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.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah (735)

And 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 …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֛וּ	vai.ya.'a.Su	and they celebrated	H6213 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
חַ֥ג	chag	[the] festival of	H2282 →
הַסֻּכּ֖וֹת	ha.su.Kot	<the> booths	H5521 →
כַּכָּת֑וּב	ka.ka.Tuv	according to <the> [what] is written	H3789 →
וְעֹלַ֨ת	ve.'o.Lat	and a burnt offering of	H5930 →
י֤וֹם	Yom	a day	H3117 →
בְּיוֹם֙	be.yOm	in a day	H3117 →
בְּמִסְפָּ֔ר	be.mis.Par	by number	H4557 →
כְּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט	ke.mish.Pat	according to [the] ordinance of	H4941 →
דְּבַר־	de.var-	[the] matter of	H1697 →
י֥וֹם	Yom	a day	H3117 →
בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃	be.yo.Mo	in day its	H3117 →

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Through
John 7:37
On 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.
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.
Through
Exodus 23:16
You 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,…
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.

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06About Ezra

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Ezra