Ezra 6:19-22
Christian Standard Bible
19 The exiles(A) observed the Passover(B) on the fourteenth day of the first month. 20 All of the priests and Levites were ceremonially clean, because they had purified themselves. They killed the Passover lamb for themselves, their priestly brothers, and all the exiles.(C) 21 The Israelites who had returned from exile(D) ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land[a](E) in order to worship the Lord, the God of Israel. 22 They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days(F) with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them[b] in the work on the house of the God of Israel.(G)
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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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