Ezra 6:18-20

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁸ The priests were assigned to their divisions and the Levites to their groups ⌞to lead⌟ the worship of God in Jerusalem by following the directions written in the Book of Moses.

The Passover Is Celebrated

¹⁹ On the fourteenth day of the first month, those who had returned from exile celebrated the Passover. ²⁰ Since the priests and Levites had cleansed themselves, all of them were ⌞now⌟ clean.^[a] They killed the Passover lambs for all the people who had returned from exile, for the rest of the priests, and for themselves.