Ezra 6:18
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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
19And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
Cross References
Numbers 3:9And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given unto him from the children 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; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made, to give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever, with the praises of David by their hand; and the priests sounded trumpets over against them; and all Israel stood.
2 Chronicles 35:10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, 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 →