Ezra 3:4 (GNV)

Passage

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,

Nearby Context

Ezra 3:2 Then stoode vp Ieshua rhe sonne of Iozadak, and his brethren the Priests, and Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in ye Lawe of Moses the man of God,

Ezra 3:3 And they set the altar vpon his bases (for feare was among them, because of the people of those countreis) therefore they offered burnt offrings thereon vnto the Lord, euen burnt offrings in the morning, and at euen.

Ezra 3:4 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,

Ezra 3:5 And afterwarde the continuall bnrnt offring, both in the newe moneths and in all the feast dayes that were consecrate vnto the Lord, and in all the oblations willingly offered vnto the Lord.

Ezra 3:6 From the first day of the seuenth moneth began they to offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord: but the foundation of the Temple of the Lord was not layed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kept", "feast", "tabernacles", "written", "burnt", "offring", "dayly", and "nomber". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kept" and "feast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And they set the altar vpon his..." into verse 5's "And afterwarde the continuall bnrnt offring both...", so "kept" and "feast" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "kept" and "feast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.