Ezra 6:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 6:16

14 ^aSo the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the¹ command of ^bCyrus, ^cDarius, and ^dArtaxerxes king of Persia.

15 Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

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.

Verse Comparison: Ezra 6:16

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And the Israelites--the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles--celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

Contemporary English Version
The people of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and everyone else who had returned from exile were happy and celebrated as they dedicated God's temple.

Darby English Version
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;

Good News Bible
Then the people of Israel---the priests, the Levites, and all the others who had returned from exile---joyfully dedicated the Temple.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

New International Version
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

New King James Version
Then the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites and the rest of the descendants of the captivity, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

Revised Standard Version
And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel have made, `and' the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a dedication of this house of God with joy,

New English Translation
The people¹ of Israel – the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles² – observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.

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