Ezra 6:18

18 And they installed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their groups for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

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Ezra 6:18 in Other Translations

KJV

18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

ESV

18 And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

NLT

18 Then the priests and Levites were divided into their various divisions to serve at the Temple of God in Jerusalem, as prescribed in the Book of Moses.

MSG

18 They placed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their places for the service of God at Jerusalem - all as written out in the Book of Moses.

CSB

18 They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is 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).

FOOTNOTES:

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

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezra 6:18 In-Context

16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

17 For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.

18 And they installed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their groups for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles celebrated the Passover.

20 The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were all ceremonially clean. The Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their relatives the priests and for themselves.