Ezra 6:14-22

Ezra 6:14-22

[14] And the elders  of the Jews  builded,  and they prospered  through the prophesying  of Haggai  the prophet  and Zechariah  the son  of Iddo.  And they builded,  and finished  it, according  to the commandment  of the God  of Israel,  and according to the commandment  of Cyrus,  and Darius,  and Artaxerxes  king  of Persia.  [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.  [18] And they set  the priests  in their divisions,  and the Levites  in their courses,  for  the service  of God,  which is at Jerusalem;  as it is written  in the book  of Moses.  [19] And the children  of the captivity  kept  the passover  upon the fourteenth  day of the first  month.  [20] For the priests  and the Levites  were purified  together,  all of them were pure,  and killed  the passover  for all the children  of the captivity,  and for their brethren  the priests,  [21] And the children  of Israel,  which were come again  out of captivity,  and all such as had separated  themselves unto them from the filthiness  of the heathen  of the land,  to seek  God  of Israel,  did eat,  [22] And kept  the feast  of unleavened bread  seven  days  with joy:  for the LORD  had made them joyful,  and turned  the heart  of the king  of Assyria  unto them, to strengthen  their hands  in the work  of the house  of God,  of Israel.