16 Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated athe dedication of this house of God with joy.
17 And they aoffered sacrifices at the dedication of this house of God, one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
18 They assigned the priests to their adivisions and the Levites to their bdivisions, over the service of God in Jerusalem, cas it is written in the Book of Moses.
The Passover Celebrated
19 1And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover aon the fourteenth day of the first month.
20 For the priests and the Levites had apurified themselves; all of them were ritually clean. And they bslaughtered the Passover lambs for all the descendants of the captivity, for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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