Text: Ezra 3:3-7
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 29:38-42
Subject: Restoration of daily burnt offerings per Mosaic law
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: The returnees' first act of worship was to restore "the morning and evening burnt offerings" (עֹלַת הַבֹּקֶר וְהָעָרֶב, olat haboqer veha'arev) on a rebuilt altar (Ezra 3:3), directly implementing the perpetual daily offering prescribed in Exodus 29:38-42: "two lambs a year old day by day continually" (תְּמִידִים, temidim). This resumption of the tamid offering, even before the temple foundation was laid, signals that the returnees prioritized restoring YHWH's continuous worship presence over completing the building. The allusion to Exodus 29 frames the second temple's worship as direct continuity with the original Mosaic institution, re-establishing the unbroken rhythm of sacrificial approach to God.