Ezra 6:18
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their separate orders, for the services of God in Jerusalem, according to the writing of the book of Moses.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
19And the children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Cross References
Numbers 3:9And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron, and to his sons the priests; they are given for a gift to me of the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 23:1And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
1 Chronicles 24:24For the sons of Uzziel, Micah: the sons of Micah; Shamir.
2 Chronicles 7:6And the priests were standing at their watches, and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord, belonging to King David, to give thanks before the Lord, for his mercy endures forever, with the hymns of David, by their ministry: and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them, and all Israel standing.
2 Chronicles 35:10And the service was duly ordered, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the command of the king.
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 →