17 They offered for the dedication of this temple of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel (A)12 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 Then they appointed the priests to (B)their divisions and the Levites in (C)their orders for the service of God [a]in Jerusalem, (D)as it is written in the book of Moses.

The Passover Observed

19 (E)The exiles observed the Passover on (F)the fourteenth of the first month.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:18 Lit which is in