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Ezra 6:17-22

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17 They offered for the dedication of this temple of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 * lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel * male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18 Then they appointed the priests to 1their divisions and the Levites in 2their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, 3as it is written in the book of Moses.

The Passover Observed

19 4The exiles * observed the Passover on 5the fourteenth * of the first month.
20 6For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then 7they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles *, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.
21 The sons of Israel who returned from exile and 8all those who had separated themselves from 9the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate the Passover.
22 And 10they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and 11had turned the heart of 12the king of Assyria toward them to encourage * them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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Ezra 6:17-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZRA 6

Darius, on receiving the letter from his officers in Samaria, searched for the decree of Cyrus, and found it, and which he confirmed, Ezr 6:1-7 and made a fresh decree, and ordered expenses to be given out of his tribute for the building of the temple, and for the sacrifices of it; and that whosoever altered it should be hanged on the timber of his own house, and imprecated a curse on those that should destroy the house of God, Ezr 6:8-12 upon which the building went on, and was finished, Ezr 6:13-15 and the temple was dedicated to God in a solemn manner, Ezr 6:16-18, and the passover was kept by all the people, Ezr 6:19-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 13

  • 1. Ezra 8:35
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 24:1; 2 Chronicles 35:5
  • 3. 1 Chronicles 23:6
  • 4. Numbers 3:6; Numbers 8:9
  • 5. Ezra 1:11
  • 6. Exodus 12:6
  • 7. 2 Chronicles 29:34; 2 Chronicles 30:15
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 35:11
  • 9. Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah 10:28
  • 10. Ezra 9:11
  • 11. Exodus 12:15
  • 12. Ezra 7:27; Proverbs 21:1
  • 13. Ezra 1:1; Ezra 6:1

Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit "which is in"
  • [b] Lit "strengthen their hands"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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