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17 For the dedication of this temple of God they offered 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and 12 male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18 They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, in accord with[a] the book of Moses. 19 [b] The exiles[c] observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:18 tn Aram “according to the writing of.”
  2. Ezra 6:19 sn At this point the language of the book reverts from Aramaic (4:8-6:18) back to Hebrew. Aramaic will again be used in Ezra 7:12-26.
  3. Ezra 6:19 tn Heb “the sons of the exile.” So also in v. 20.