Text: Ezra 3:3-7
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 28:3-8
Subject: Restoration of the tamid offering per Numbers
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Ezra 3:3-7 describes the returnees offering "morning and evening burnt offerings" on the restored altar, implementing the tamid (perpetual) offering prescribed in Numbers 28:3-8, which specifies "two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering" (עֹלַת תָּמִיד, olat tamid). Numbers 28 provides the quantitative details the Ezra passage assumes: one lamb in the morning, one at twilight, with accompanying grain and drink offerings. The resumption of this specific daily rhythm demonstrates the returnees' commitment to restarting the full Mosaic sacrificial calendar, beginning with the foundational perpetual offering that maintained Israel's ongoing covenant relationship with YHWH.