Ezra 6:18-20

Expanded Bible

¹⁸ Then they ·put [installed; divided; appointed] the priests and the Levites into their ·separate groups [various divisions] to serve God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

The Passover Is Celebrated

¹⁹ The ·Jews who returned from captivity [^Lsons/people of the exile] ·celebrated [observed] the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month [^CApril 21; Ex. 12:1–30, 43–51; Lev. 23:4–8; Num. 28:16–25; Deut. 16:1–18]. ²⁰ The priests and Levites had ·made themselves clean [purified themselves]. Then the Levites ·killed [slaughtered; sacrified] the Passover lambs for all the ·people who had returned from captivity [exiles], for their ·relatives the [or fellow; ^Lbrothers the] priests, and for themselves.