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Ezra 6:21-22
New Catholic Bible
Ezra 6:21-22
New Catholic Bible
21 Therefore, the Israelites who had returned from exile, as well as those who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, ate the Passover lamb. 22 For seven days they joyfully celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for the Lord had given them cause to rejoice by making the king of Assyria change his attitude toward them, so that he supported them in their work on the house of God, the God of Israel.[a]
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- Ezra 6:22 The union of the feasts of Passover and Unleavened Bread had already taken place in the period of the Deuteronomic reform (622 B.C.; see Deut 16:1-8). The king of Persia is called king of Assyria inasmuch as he was heir to the Assyrian empire.
