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and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel;
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and the priests and the Levites stood arrayed in their vestments, according to kindred, for the services of the Lord God of Israel in accordance with the book of Moses; and the gatekeepers were at each gate.
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The people of Israel who came from exile kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, after the priests and the Levites were purified together.
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Not all of the returned captives were purified, but the Levites were all purified together,
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and they sacrificed the passover lamb for all the returned captives and for their kindred the priests and for themselves.