"And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth {day} of the first month." — Ezra 6:19

Ezra 6:19 · KJV

“And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth {day} of the first month.”

— Ezra 6:19

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which {is} at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. {as it is...: Chaldee, according to the writing}

Verse 20

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them {were} pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

Ezra 6 — Context

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.

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth {day} of the first month.

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them {were} pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat,

Cross References

Exodus 12:6-36

And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. {in...: Heb. between the two evenings}

2 Chronicles 30:1-27

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

Joshua 5:10

And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

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