Ezra 6:20 meaning and explanation
All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.
Ezra 6:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra 6:20 comes near the end of the account of the returned exiles keeping the Passover after the temple was completed. The verse reports that all the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean, so the Levites could slaughter the Passover lamb for the whole community: the returning exiles, their priestly brothers, and themselves.
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