Esdras 6:16-18

16 Entonces los israelitas —es decir, los sacerdotes, los levitas y los demás que regresaron del cautiverio—, llenos de júbilo dedicaron el templo de Dios.

17 Como ofrenda de dedicación, ofrecieron a Dios cien becerros, doscientos carneros, cuatrocientos corderos y doce chivos, conforme al número de las tribus de Israel, para expiación por el pecado del pueblo.

18 Luego, según lo que está escrito en el libro de Moisés, instalaron a los sacerdotes en sus turnos y a los levitas en sus funciones, para el culto que se ofrece a Dios en Jerusalén.

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.