Ezra 6:13-22

13Then 1Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent. 14And 2the elders of the Jews 3were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And 4they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree 5of Cyrus, 6Darius, and 7Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15This 8temple was completed 9on the third day of the 10month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

16And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the 11exiles, 12celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17They offered for the dedication of this temple of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 1312 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18Then they appointed the priests to 14their divisions and the Levites in 15their orders for the service of God 16in Jerusalem, 17as it is written in the book of Moses.

1918The exiles observed the Passover on 19the fourteenth of the first month. 2020For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then 21they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves. 21The sons of Israel who returned from exile and 22all those who had separated themselves from 23the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate the Passover. 22And 24they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the Lord had caused them to rejoice, and 25had turned the heart of 26the king of Assyria toward them to 27encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.