Ezra 6:18
They organized the priests and Levites by their divisions to serve God in the Temple at Jerusalem, in accordance with the Book of Moses.
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In Context
19The exiles who had returned observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Cross References
Numbers 3:9The Levites are to work exclusively for Aaron and his sons because this is their assignment among the Israelites.
1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old, having lived a long life, he made his son Solomon king of Israel.
1 Chronicles 24:24The son of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
2 Chronicles 7:6The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites too, with the musical instruments that King David had made for giving praise, and which David had used for praise. They sang, “For his trustworthy love lasts forever!” Opposite them the priests blew trumpets, and all the Israelites stood up.
2 Chronicles 35:10Once the preparations had been completed, the priests stood where they had been assigned and the Levites took their places in their divisions as the king had ordered.
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 →