Esdras 6:16-18

16 E os filhos de Israel, os sacerdotes e os levitas, e o resto dos filhos do cativeiro fizeram a dedicação desta casa de Deus com alegria.

17 Ofereceram para a dedicação desta casa de Deus cem novilhos, duzentos carneiros e quatrocentos cordeiros; e como oferta pelo pecado por todo o Israel, doze bodes, segundo o número das tribos de Israel.

18 E puseram os sacerdotes nas suas divisões e os levitas nas suas turmas, para o serviço de Deus em Jerusalém, conforme o que está escrito no livro de Moisés.

Esdras 6:16-18 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.