15 And this house was finished the third day of the month [a]Adar, which was [b]the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

16 ¶ And the children of Israel, the Priests, and the Levites, and the residue of the children of the captivity kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve goats, for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:15 This is the twelfth month and containeth part of February and part of March.
  2. Ezra 6:15 And the two and fortieth year after their first return.

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