1 Esdras 1:4-6

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⁴ and he said,^[a] “You need no longer carry it on your shoulders. Now worship the Lord your God and serve his nation Israel; prepare yourselves by your families and kindred, in accordance with the directions of King David of Israel and the magnificence of his son Solomon.^{(A) 5} Stand in order in the temple^[b] according to the groupings of the ancestral houses of you Levites, who minister before your kindred the people of Israel,^{(B) 6} and kill the Passover lamb and prepare the sacrifices for your kindred, and keep the Passover according to the commandment of the Lord that was given to Moses.”^(C)