Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 3:5
And afterward [offered] the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
5. and afterward offered] R.V. ‘ and afterward ’, the verb being supplied from the previous verse.
The clause implies that after the celebration of this Feast of Tabernacles the Jews resumed for the first time since the destruction of Jerusalem the regular sacrificial system.
the continual burnt offering ] i.e. the daily morning and evening sacrifice, prescribed in Exo 29:38-42.
both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts &c.] R.V. ‘ and the offerings of the new moons, and of all the set feasts ’ &c. The A.V. gives the wrong impression that ‘the continual burnt offering’ belonged to ‘the new moons, set feasts,’ &c. The R.V. gives the right meaning.
The verse states that the Jews, now that the altar had been set up and the new order of things initiated by the solemn celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles, resumed the customary burnt offerings, (1) daily, morning and evening, (2) at the new moon, (3) on all ‘set feasts’, (4) on the occasion of freewill offerings.
‘ the new moons ’. A popular day of religious observance among the Israelites (cf. 2Ki 4:23; Hos 2:11; Amo 8:5): not included among ‘the set feasts’ described in Leviticus 23, where the first day of the seventh month is the only new-moon day spoken of as a ‘holy convocation’ (Lev 23:24). Perhaps because the observance of ‘the new moons’ had been adopted from the general religious customs of the Semitic races, it received no special prominence in the Levitical code. The sacrifices for the ‘new moons’ are described in Num 28:11-15.
the set feasts ] see Lev 23:2-37, ‘The set feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations’ (R.V.), i.e. (1) the Sabbath ( Lev 23:3), (2) the Passover ( Lev 23:5), (3) the Feast of Weeks ( Lev 23:15-21), (4) the Feast of Trumpets ( Lev 23:24), (5) the Day of Atonement ( Lev 23:27-32), (6) the Feast of Tabernacles ( Lev 23:34-36). In 2Ch 8:13, ‘the set feasts’ are the three great annual festivals, ‘unleavened bread’, ‘weeks’, ‘tabernacles’, and these are probably intended here.
The ‘new moons’ and the ‘set feasts’ are found along with ‘the Sabbaths’ in 1Ch 23:31; 2Ch 2:4 ; 2Ch 8:13; 2Ch 31:3; Neh 10:33.
a freewill offering ] Freewill offerings were made (1) on the great feast-days, see Deu 16:10; Deu 16:16-17; and (2) whensoever any individual Israelite or Gentile desired (Num 29:39). They are called ‘oblations’ (Corbans) in Leviticus 1, 2, 3, where they are defined in detail.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The continual burnt offering; thee morning and evening sacrifice; of which see on Num 28:6.
Consecrated, i.e. set apart for the solemn and holy service of God.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And afterwards offered the continual burnt offering,…. Not after the feast of tabernacles, as if they then began to offer the daily sacrifice; for that they did as soon as the altar was set up, and on the first day of the month, Ezr 3:3, rather the sense is, that after the daily burnt offering of the morning, they offered the other sacrifices peculiar to the several days of the feast of tabernacles; they never neglected that, yea, always began with it; all the rest were after it, and so on other festivals:
both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated; to the service of the Lord, and the honour of his name, as every first day of the month, and every other appointed festival, they offered the sacrifices appropriate to each; but not to the neglect of that sacrifice, and always after it:
and of everyone that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord; these they were careful also to offer in their proper time.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Both of the new moons.And of the new moons. The whole verse is general and anticipatory. The new moons, the three feasts, and the constant presentation of freewill offerings, added to the daily sacrifice, made up the essentials of ritual; all being, like the arrangements in the Book of Leviticus, fixed before the Temple was built, and afterwards observed.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
5. The continual burnt offering Described in Exo 29:38-42; Num 28:3-8.
New moons See at Num 10:10; Num 28:11.
All the set feasts Enumerated in Numbers 28, 29.
A freewill offering That is, one willingly offered over and above what was prescribed in the law.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ezr 3:5 And afterward [offered] the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
Ver. 5. And afterward offered ] Finding a float of holy affections in their hearts, they passed from one good exercise to another, and were indefatigable in the Lord’s work. David, finding such a heat and height in his people, prays God to “keep it ever in the imagination of the thoughts of their hearts,” which he knew well to be fickle and false, 1Ch 29:18 .
Both of the new moons
And of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated
A freewill offering
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the continual: Exo 29:38-42, Num 28:3-10, Num 28:11, Num 28:19, Num 28:27, Num 29:2, Num 29:8, Num 29:13
willingly: Lev 1:3, Deu 12:6, Deu 12:17, 2Ch 29:31, 2Ch 29:32
Reciprocal: Exo 25:2 – willingly Num 29:39 – in your set feasts 2Ch 31:14 – the freewill Eze 46:12 – a voluntary
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ezr 3:5. And afterward offered the continual burnt-offering The morning and evening sacrifice. The law required much, but they offered more; for though they had little wealth, they had much zeal. Happy they that bring with them out of the furnace of affliction such a holy heat as this!
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
3:5 And afterward [offered] {d} the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.
(d) That is, after the feast of tabernacles.