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Ezra 6:19

17 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.

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

20 All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

21 The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.

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BSB
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
KJV
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
WEB
The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
ASV
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
DARBY
And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.
BLB
And the sons of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
ÅB
Så holdt de hjemkomne påske på den fjortende dag i den første måned.
OTB
På den fjortende dagen i den første måneden, feiret de bortførte påsken.
B1930
Så holdt de hjemkomne påske på den fjortende dag i den første måned.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 12:6–36

    You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

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  • Joshua 5:10

    On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:1–27

    Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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