Ezra 6:18

18 The priests were assigned to their divisions and the Levites to their groups [to lead] the worship of God in Jerusalem by following the directions written in the Book of Moses.

Ezra 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:18

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites
in their courses, for the service of God which is at Jerusalem
All in their proper classes and courses, to do the work of the temple at Jerusalem in their turns:

as it is written in the book of Moses;
see ( Numbers 3:6 ) ( Numbers 8:11 Numbers 8:14 Numbers 8:15 ) , from hence it is plain the Pentateuch was not written by Ezra, as suspected by Spinosa ^F13, but by Moses; see the argument of the book of Genesis. (See Gill on Genesis 1:1).

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 Tract. Theolog. Polit. c. 8. p. 163.

Ezra 6:18 In-Context

16 Then the people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the others who had returned from exile celebrated at the dedication of God's temple.

17 At the dedication of God's temple, they sacrificed 100 bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs. They sacrificed 12 male goats as an offering for sin, one goat for each of the tribes of Israel.

18 The priests were assigned to their divisions and the Levites to their groups [to lead] the worship of God in Jerusalem by following the directions written in the Book of Moses.

19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, those who had returned from exile celebrated the Passover.

20 Since the priests and Levites had cleansed themselves, all of them were [now] clean. They killed the Passover lambs for all the people who had returned from exile, for the rest of the priests, and for themselves.