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.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 6:17 Or purification offering

15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

16 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.

17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

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