Ezra 3:5 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
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What Does Ezra 3:5 Mean?
With the feast kept, the full cycle of worship resumes: the continual daily offering, the new moons, every consecrated festival of the year. Alongside these required offerings come freewill gifts, brought by anyone whose heart moved them to give.
Two kinds of worship meet in this verse. There is the ordered, commanded offering -- faithful, unfailing, day after day -- and there is the spontaneous gift of love that goes beyond what is required. God receives both, and a healthy life of worship holds them together: the discipline of obedience and the overflow of a willing heart that delights to give more than duty asks.
Ezra 3:5 in the Original Language
nedabah (נְדָבָה), 'freewill offering' -- a gift prompted not by command but by the giver's own glad willingness.
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What does Ezra 3:5 mean?
They resume the regular daily offerings, the appointed feasts, and the freewill gifts of willing hearts.