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They set up the altar on its foundations, because they were in terror[a] because of the peoples of the lands. And they offered burnt offerings on it for Yahweh, burnt offerings for the morning and the evening. 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.[b] After this, they presented the daily sacrifice of burnt offerings, the offerings for the New Moon Festival, and for all of the appointed times consecrated for Yahweh and for all who gave a freewill offering to Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 3:3 Literally “in terror before them”
  2. Ezra 3:4 Literally “the daily word on its day”

Despite their fear(A) of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices.(B) Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles(C) with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day. After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings, the New Moon(D) sacrifices and the sacrifices for all the appointed sacred festivals of the Lord,(E) as well as those brought as freewill offerings to the Lord.

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