1 Esdras 7:10-12

Common English Bible

¹⁰ The Israelites who came from exile celebrated the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month,^[a] after the priests and the Levites were purified together. ¹¹ Not everyone returning from exile was purified, but the Levites were all purified together. ¹² The Levites sacrificed the Passover lamb on behalf of the returned exiles, for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.