Text: Ezra 3:2
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 12:6
Subject: Offerings brought to the chosen place
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression
Significance: Deuteronomy 12:6 specifies the full range of offerings—burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, heave offerings, vow offerings, freewill offerings, and firstborn—that Israel must bring to the divinely chosen place. Ezra 3:2 records the returned exiles offering עֹלוֹת ('olot, "burnt offerings") on the rebuilt altar as prescribed in the "Law of Moses." The post-exilic community's immediate restoration of the sacrificial system at Jerusalem signals their commitment to the Deuteronomic offering regulations. Though the temple was not yet rebuilt, the returnees reestablished the core of centralized worship by resuming the offerings Moses commanded at the location God had chosen.