Ezra 6:14-22

14And 1the elders of the Jews 2were successful in building through the prophecy of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And 3they finished building following the command of the God of Israel and the decree 4of Cyrus, 5Darius, and 6Artaxerxes king of Persia. 15Now this 7temple was completed 8on the third day of the 9month 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 10exiles, 11celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. 17They offered for the dedication of this temple of God a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12twelve male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel. 18Then they appointed the priests to 13their divisions and the Levites in 14their sections for the service of God in Jerusalem, 15as it is written in the Book of Moses.

1916The exiles held the Passover on 17the fourteenth of the first month. 2018For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then 19they slaughtered the Passover lambs for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves. 21And the sons of Israel who returned from exile and 20all those who had separated themselves from 21the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate the Passover. 22And 22they held the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the Lord had made them happy, and 23had turned the heart of 24the king of Assyria toward them to 25encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.