Text: Ezra 3:4
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 23:37
Subject: Observing Tabernacles as it is written (B)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Ezra 3:4 specifies that the returnees "offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day" (בְּמִסְפַּר כְּמִשְׁפַּט דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ), using language that echoes Leviticus 23:37's prescription for festival offerings according to their appointed requirements. Leviticus 23:37 provides the comprehensive framework: "These are the appointed feasts of the LORD... each on its proper day." The Ezra passage demonstrates meticulous adherence to the Levitical festival calendar, offering the precise quantities prescribed for each feast day. This careful compliance with "what is written" (כַּכָּתוּב) signals the post-exilic community's determination to establish their worship on strict Torah observance.