1 Esdras 7:10-15

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The Passover

¹⁰ The people of Israel who came from exile kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, after the priests and the Levites were purified together. ¹¹ Not all of the returned captives were purified, but the Levites were all purified together,^{[a] 12} and they sacrificed the Passover lamb for all the returned captives and for their kindred the priests and for themselves. ¹³ The people of Israel who had returned from exile ate it, all those who had separated themselves from the abominations of the nations of the land and sought the Lord. ¹⁴ They also kept the Festival of Unleavened Bread seven days, rejoicing before the Lord, ¹⁵ because he had changed the will of the king of the Assyrians concerning them, to strengthen their hands for the service of the Lord God of Israel.^(A)