Ezra 6:19

The Passover Observed

19 ¹The exiles * observed the Passover on ²the fourteenth * of the first month.

Ezra 6:19 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 6:19

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the
fourteenth day of the first month.
] The month Nisan or Abib, which was the month following that in which the temple was finished, ( Ezra 6:15 ) , this passover was kept at the exact time the law commanded, ( Exodus 12:2 Exodus 12:6 ) .

Ezra 6:19 In-Context

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 their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

19 The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

20 For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then they 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 all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate the Passover.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 1:11
• 2. Exodus 12:6