Text: Ezra 3:3-7
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 23:33-43
Subject: Observance of Feast of Tabernacles after return
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Ezra 3:4 records that the returnees "celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written" (כַּכָּתוּב, kakkatuv), directly referencing the Levitical legislation in Leviticus 23:33-43 prescribing Sukkot as a seven-day festival of dwelling in booths. The phrase "as written" (כַּכָּתוּב) signals deliberate Torah compliance. The Feast of Tabernacles held particular resonance for the returnees: Leviticus 23:43 states its purpose is "so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt." A community that had just emerged from a second "wilderness" experience in exile now re-enacts the memorial of the first Exodus, connecting their restoration to the foundational redemptive event.