Ezra 3:5

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

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.

The continual burnt offering; thee morning and evening sacrifice; of which see on . Consecrated, i.e. set apart for the solemn and holy service of God.

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.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, 1 Chronicles 29:18. Both of the new moons] Kept in thankfulness to God for their time renewed upon them, from month to month, and his mercies every morning and moment. And of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated] By a holy resting, both from corporal labour and from spiritual idleness. A freewill offering]

(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.

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 Exodus 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. 2 Kings 4:23; Hosea 2:11; Amos 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’ (Leviticus 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 Numbers 28:11-15. the set feasts]—see Leviticus 23:2-37, ‘The set feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations’ (R.V.),—i.e. (1) the Sabbath ( Leviticus 23:3), (2) the Passover ( Leviticus 23:5), (3) the Feast of Weeks ( Leviticus 23:15-21), (4) the Feast of Trumpets ( Leviticus 23:24), (5) the Day of Atonement ( Leviticus 23:27-32), (6) the Feast of Tabernacles ( Leviticus 23:34-36). In 2 Chronicles 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 1 Chronicles 23:31; 2 Chronicles 2:4; 2 Chronicles 8:13; 2 Chronicles 31:3; Nehemiah 10:33. a freewill offering] Freewill offerings were made (1) on the great feast-days, see Deuteronomy 16:10; Deuteronomy 16:16-17; and (2) whensoever any individual Israelite or Gentile desired (Numbers 29:39). They are called ‘oblations’ (Corbans) in Leviticus 1, 2, 3, where they are defined in detail.

5. The continual burnt offering — Described in Exodus 29:38-42; Numbers 28:3-8. New moons — See at Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11. All the set feasts — Enumerated in Numbers 28, 29.