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Ezra 6:17

15 And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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.

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

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.

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

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BSB
For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
KJV
And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
WEB
They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
ASV
And they offered at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
DARBY
and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
BLB
And they offered sacrifices for the dedication of this house of God, a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering for all Israel, by the number of the tribes of Israel.
ÅB
De ofret ved innvielsen av dette Guds hus hundre okser, to hundre værer, fire hundre lam og til syndoffere for hele Israel tolv geitebukker etter tallet på Israels stammer.
OTB
Til innvielsen av dette Guds hus ofret de hundre okser, to hundre værer, fire hundre lam, og som syndoffer for hele Israel, tolv geitebukker, tilsvarende antallet av Israels stammer.
B1930
De ofret ved innvielsen av dette Guds hus hundre okser, to hundre værer, fire hundre lam og til syndoffere for hele Israel tolv gjetebukker efter tallet på Israels stammer.

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  • Ezra 8:35

    Then the exiles who had returned from captivity sacrificed burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 12 bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, and a sin offering of 12 male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:21–23

    They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

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  • Revelation 7:4–8

    And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:31–35

    Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

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  • 2 Chronicles 7:5

    And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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  • Leviticus 4:13–14

    Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,

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  • Leviticus 4:3

    If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.

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  • 1 Kings 18:31

    And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, “Israel shall be your name.”

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