Ezra 6:19-22
New American Standard Bible
The Passover Held
19 (A)The exiles held the Passover on (B)the fourteenth of the first month. 20 (C)For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then (D)they slaughtered the Passover lambs for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves. 21 And the sons of Israel who returned from exile and (E)all those who had separated themselves from (F)the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate the Passover. 22 And (G)they held the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the Lord had made them happy, and (H)had turned the heart of (I)the king of Assyria toward them to [a]encourage 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
Revised Standard Version
The Passover Celebrated
19 On the fourteenth day of the first month the returned exiles kept the passover. 20 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they killed the passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves; 21 it was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the pollutions of the peoples of the land to worship the Lord, the God of Israel. 22 And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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