Ezra 6:19-22
Legacy Standard Bible
Passover Celebrated
19 (A)And the exiles celebrated the Passover on (B)the fourteenth of the first month. 20 (C)For the priests and the Levites had cleansed themselves together; all of them were clean. Then (D)they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves. 21 Then the sons of Israel who returned from exile and (E)all those who had separated themselves from (F)the uncleanness of the nations of the land to join them, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate the Passover. 22 And (G)they celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with gladness, for Yahweh had caused them to be glad and (H)had turned the heart of (I)the king of Assyria toward them to [a]strengthen them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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- Ezra 6:22 Lit strengthen their hands
Ezra 6:19-22
New Living Translation
Celebration of Passover
19 On April 21[a] the returned exiles celebrated Passover. 20 The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves. 21 The Passover meal was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile and by the others in the land who had turned from their corrupt practices to worship the Lord, the God of Israel. 22 Then they celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. There was great joy throughout the land because the Lord had caused the king of Assyria[b] to be favorable to them, so that he helped them to rebuild the Temple of God, the God of Israel.
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- 6:19 Hebrew On the fourteenth day of the first month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was April 21, 515 B.c.; also see note on 6:15.
- 6:22 King Darius of Persia is here identified as the king of Assyria because Persia had conquered the Babylonian Empire, which included the earlier Assyrian Empire.
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