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Good News Translation

Ezra 3:4

They celebrated the Festival of Shelters according to the regulations; each day they offered the sacrifices required for that day;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Altar;   Daily Offering;   Liberality;   Priest;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Temple;   Zerubbabel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Daily Duty;   Duty;   Feast;   Feasts;   Hebrew;   Ingathering, Feast of;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the Second;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Requirement;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Degrees, Songs of;   Ezra, the Book of;   Jerusalem;   Nehemiah;   Tabernacles, Feast of;   Zechariah, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Festivals;   Jeshua;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Zechariah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Priests and Levites;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement, Day of;   Custom (2);   Duty;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Free-Will Offering;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed, and offered burnt offerings each day, based on the number specified by ordinance for each festival day.
Hebrew Names Version
They 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;
King 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;
English Standard Version
And they kept the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the rule, as each day required,
New Century Version
Then, to obey what was written, they celebrated the Feast of Shelters. They offered the right number of sacrifices for each day of the festival.
New English Translation
They observed the Festival of Temporary Shelters as required and offered the proper number of daily burnt offerings according to the requirement for each day.
Amplified Bible
They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of daily burnt offerings, in accordance with the ordinances, as each day required;
New American Standard Bible
They also celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the prescribed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required;
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;
Geneva Bible (1587)
They kept also the feast of the Tabernacles, as it is written, and the burnt offring dayly, by nomber according to the custome day by day,
Legacy Standard Bible
They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the legal judgment, as each day required;
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
The people followed the rules for celebrating the Festival of Shelters and offered the proper sacrifices each day.
Complete Jewish Bible
They observed the festival of Sukkot as written, offering daily the number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day,
Darby Translation
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;
Easy-to-Read Version
Then they celebrated the Festival of Shelters just as the Law of Moses said. They offered the right number of burnt offerings for each day of the festival.
George Lamsa Translation
And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, according to the daily requirements;
Lexham English Bible
And they kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered burnt offerings day by day in number according to the ordinance as described for each day.
Literal Translation
They also performed the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and the burnt offerings by number, days by days, according to the ordinance, the thing of days in its day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And helde the feast of Tabernacles as it is wrytten, and offred burntsacrifices daylie after the nombre as acordinge was, euery daye his sacrifice.
American 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;
Bible in Basic English
And 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they helde the feast of tabernacles as it is written, and offered burnt sacrifices dayly, according to the number and custome, day by day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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;
King James Version (1611)
They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offred the dayly burnt offrings, by number, according to the custome, as the duetie of euery day required:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they kept the feast of tabernacles, according to that which was written, and offered whole-burnt-offerings daily in number according to the ordinance, the exact daily rate.
English Revised 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;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei maden solempnytee of tabernaclis, as it is writun, and brent sacrifice ech dai bi ordre, `bi the werk of the dai comaundid in his dai.
Update Bible 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;
Webster's Bible Translation
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;
New King James Version
They also kept the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings in the number required by ordinance for each day.
New Living Translation
They celebrated the Festival of Shelters as prescribed in the Law, sacrificing the number of burnt offerings specified for each day of the festival.
New Life Bible
They kept the Special Supper of Tents, as it is written. They gave the right number of burnt gifts every day by the Law, as was needed for each day.
New Revised Standard
And they kept the festival of booths, as prescribed, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinance, as required for each day,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they kept the festival of booths, as it was written, - and the ascending-offering of each day upon its own day, by number, according to regulation, the matter of a day upon its day;
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
And they kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinance, as each day required,
Young'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;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required;

Contextual Overview

1 By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. Then they all assembled in Jerusalem, 2 and Joshua son of Jehozadak, his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, together with his relatives, rebuilt the altar of the God of Israel, so that they could burn sacrifices on it according to the instructions written in the Law of Moses, the man of God. 3 Even though the returning exiles were afraid of the people who were living in the land, they rebuilt the altar where it had stood before. Then they began once again to burn on it the regular morning and evening sacrifices. 4 They celebrated the Festival of Shelters according to the regulations; each day they offered the sacrifices required for that day; 5 and in addition they offered the regular sacrifices to be burned whole and those to be offered at the New Moon Festival and at all the other regular assemblies at which the Lord is worshiped, as well as all the offerings that were given to the Lord voluntarily. 6 Although the people had not yet started to rebuild the Temple, they began on the first day of the seventh month to burn sacrifices to the Lord . 7 The people gave money to pay the stonemasons and the carpenters and gave food, drink, and olive oil to be sent to the cities of Tyre and Sidon in exchange for cedar trees from Lebanon, which were to be brought by sea to Joppa. All this was done with the permission of Emperor Cyrus of Persia.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the feast: Exodus 23:16, Leviticus 23:34-36, Nehemiah 8:14-17, Zechariah 14:16-19, John 7:2, John 7:37

the daily: Numbers 29:12-38

as the duty of every day required: Heb. the matter of the day in his day, Exodus 5:13, Exodus 29:38, Jeremiah 52:34, *marg.

Reciprocal: Numbers 28:6 - a continual Numbers 29:6 - according Numbers 29:13 - thirteen young bullocks Deuteronomy 16:13 - the feast 1 Kings 8:2 - at the feast 1 Chronicles 16:37 - as every Nehemiah 8:17 - had not Hosea 12:9 - as in

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
The Lord God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it."
Deuteronomy 29:19
Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.
2 Kings 1:4
Tell the king that the Lord says, ‘You will not recover from your injuries; you will die!'" Elijah did as the Lord commanded,
2 Kings 1:6
They answered, "We were met by a man who told us to come back and tell you that the Lord says to you, ‘Why are you sending messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Is it because you think there is no god in Israel? You will not recover from your injuries; you will die!'"
2 Kings 1:16
and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: ‘Because you sent messengers to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron—as if there were no god in Israel to consult—you will not get well; you will die!'"
2 Kings 8:10
Elisha answered, "The Lord has revealed to me that he will die; but go to him and tell him that he will recover."
Psalms 10:11
The wicked say to themselves, "God doesn't care! He has closed his eyes and will never see me!"
2 Corinthians 2:11
in order to keep Satan from getting the upper hand over us; for we know what his plans are.
2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid that your minds will be corrupted and that you will abandon your full and pure devotion to Christ—in the same way that Eve was deceived by the snake's clever lies.
1 Timothy 2:14
And it was not Adam who was deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and broke God's law.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written,.... According to the rules prescribed for the observation of it in

Leviticus 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 Numbers 29:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 3:4. 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, Ezra 3:6. And these were religiously continued all the time they were building the temple.


 
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