Ezra 6:16-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Temple Dedication and the Passover
16 Then the Israelites, including the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. 17 For the dedication of God’s house they offered 100 bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs, as well as 12 male goats(A) as a sin offering for all Israel—one for each Israelite tribe.
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Ezra 6:16-17
King James Version
16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.
17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
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Ezra 6:22
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 They observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days(A) with joy, because the Lord had made them joyful, having changed the Assyrian king’s attitude toward them, so that he supported them[a] in the work on the house of the God of Israel.(B)
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- Ezra 6:22 Lit their hands
Ezra 6:22
King James Version
22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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