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The priests and the Levites stood dressed in their robes, according to their tribes, for the services of the Lord God of Israel according to the scroll from Moses; and the gatekeepers stood at each gate.
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For the dedication of the Lord's temple, they brought offerings of one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs,
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and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel.
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The priests and the Levites stood dressed in their robes, according to their tribes, for the services of the Lord God of Israel according to the scroll from Moses; and the gatekeepers stood at each gate.
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The Israelites who came from exile celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, after the priests and the Levites were purified together.
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Not everyone returning from exile was purified, but the Levites were all purified together.