Ezra 6:17-19
Living Bible
17 During the dedication celebration 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs were sacrificed; and twelve male goats were presented as a sin offering for the twelve tribes of Israel. 18 Then the priests and Levites were divided into their various service corps to do the work of God as instructed in the laws of Moses.
19 The Passover was celebrated on the first day of April.[a]
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- Ezra 6:19 first day of April, literally, “the fourteenth day of the first month” of the Hebrew calendar.
Ezra 6:17-19
New International Version
17 For the dedication of this house of God they offered(A) a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering[a] for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel. 18 And they installed the priests in their divisions(B) and the Levites in their groups(C) for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.(D)
The Passover
19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover.(E)
Footnotes
- Ezra 6:17 Or purification offering
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