Ezra 6:18
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
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In Context
19On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
Cross References
Numbers 3:9Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been given exclusively to him from among the Israelites.
1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
1 Chronicles 24:24From the sons of Uzziel: Micah; from the sons of Micah: Shamir.
2 Chronicles 7:6The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
2 Chronicles 35:10So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
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 →