Ezra 6:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷One hundred bulls, two hundred rams, and four hundred lambs were offered as sacrifices at the dedication. Also twelve goats were sacrificed as sin offerings for the twelve tribes of Israel. ¹⁸Then the priests and Levites were assigned their duties in God's temple in Jerusalem, according to the instructions Moses had written.^[a]

The Passover

¹⁹^(A) Everyone who had returned from exile celebrated Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.^[b]

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Footnotes

6.18 Ezra 4.8—6.18 was written in Aramaic, instead of Hebrew like most of the Old Testament.
6.19 the first month: Nisan, the first month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-March to mid-April.