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Ezra 6:15-17
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Ezra 6:15-17
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15 The ·Temple [L house] was finished on the third day of the month of Adar [C March 12] in the sixth year Darius was king.
16 Then the people of Israel celebrated and ·gave [dedicated] the ·Temple [L house] to God to honor him. Everybody was happy: the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the ·Jews who had returned from captivity [exiles; L sons/people of the exile]. 17 They ·gave [dedicated] the ·Temple [L house] to God by offering a hundred bulls, two hundred ·male sheep [rams], and four hundred lambs as sacrifices. And as an ·offering to forgive the sins of [sin offering for or purification offering for; Lev. 4:3] all Israel, they offered twelve male goats, ·one goat for each tribe in [corresponding to the number of tribes of] Israel.
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Ezra 6:15-17
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Ezra 6:15-17
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15 The temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.(A)
16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication(B) of the house of God with joy. 17 For the dedication of this house of God they offered(C) a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred male lambs and, as a sin offering[a] for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel.
Footnotes
- Ezra 6:17 Or purification offering
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