Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
you must offer them only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories, and there you shall do all that I command you.
Significance
Moses commands that offerings must be presented "only in the place the LORD will choose in one of your tribal territories" (בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִבְחַר יְהוָה, bammaqom 'asher yivchar YHWH), and Ezra 3:2 records the returned exiles offering burnt offerings on the rebuilt altar in Jerusalem in strict accordance with the Torah, "as it is written in the Law of Moses." The returnees' rebuilding of the altar on its original site demonstrates their commitment to the Deuteronomic principle that legitimate sacrifice requires the divinely authorized location. Their first act of restoration was not building homes but reestablishing authorized worship, showing that the centralization mandate of Deuteronomy 12 governed post-exilic piety.
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Reference Type
Allusion
Connection Method(s)
Redemptive-Historical Progression — the command to offer "only in the place the LORD will choose" (Deut 12:14) is carried forward as the returned exiles re-erect the altar at that chosen place and resume burnt offerings "as it is written in the Law of Moses," the Deuteronomic centralization mandate realized anew at the restoration stage.
