Ezra 3:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezra 3:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezra 3:4 is a verse from the book of Ezra in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezra 3:4 — 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; as the duty...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day”
— Ezra 3:4 (KJV)
Ezra 3:4 in Context — About the Book of Ezra
Ezra records the first waves of return from Babylonian exile — rebuilding the altar, then the temple, against opposition and discouragement. Ezra himself arrives as a scribe devoted to studying, obeying, and teaching God's Word, modeling how revival begins with Scripture and honest confession.
Cross-References for Ezra 3:4
“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. continually: Heb. all the days”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:4: feast, offered, burnt
“And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. so had David...: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:4: also, according, duty
“Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. a solemn...: Heb. a restraint”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:4: kept, also, feast
“These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day:”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:4: feast, burnt, offerings
“So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. offered...: or, went up to the altar, etc and burnt...: Heb. to burn incense”
Shares key themes with Ezra 3:4: feast, offered, burnt
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