Ezra 6:18
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19And the sons of the captivity kept the Passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
Cross References
Numbers 3:9And thou shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the sons of Israel.
1 Chronicles 23:1Now David was old and full of days, and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
1 Chronicles 24:24The sons of Uzziel, Micah. Of the sons of Micah, Shamir.
2 Chronicles 7:6And the priests stood according to their offices, also the Levites with instruments of music of LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks to LORD (for his loving kindness [is] forever) when David praised by their ministry,
2 Chronicles 35:10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king's commandment.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 6:14-22
Completion of the Second Temple. ( b. c. 516.) 13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. 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… Read the whole commentary →