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Ezra 6:19

in Ezra 6

On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

KJV

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

This verse in Ezra 6

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. The month Nisan or Abib, which was the month following that in which the temple was finished, Ezr 6:15, this passover was kept at the exact time the law commanded, Exo 12:2.

This site's exposition

upon the fourteenth day of the first month

on Ezra 6:19-20

With the passover the narrative itself changes language: the Aramaic of the Persian correspondence that has run since 4:8 gives way here to Hebrew, the record's own tongue returning as worship resumes on native ground. The children of the captivity keep the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, exactly the day the law commands. The priests and the Levites purify themselves together, all of them pure at once, and kill the passover for the returned captivity, for their brother priests, and for themselves.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice
With this verse the writer resumes the use of the Hebrew language, which he had discarded for the Chaldee from Ezr 4:8. With the exception of the letter of Artaxerxes Ezr 7:12-26, all the remainder of the book is in Hebrew.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּand they celebrated

    vaiyaasuH62132628 times

  • בְנֵי־[the] children of

    venei-H11214930 times

  • הַגּוֹלָ֖הthe exile

    hagolahH147343 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • הַפָּ֑סַחthe passover

    hapasachH6453

  • בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥הon [day] four-

    bearbaahH702318 times

  • עָשָׂ֖רteen

    ʾasarH6240338 times

  • לַחֹ֥דֶשׁof the month

    lachodeshH2320284 times

  • הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃the first

    harishonH7223182 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

4 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 5:10

    On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 12:6

      You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

    • Numbers 9:1–5

      In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:

    • Ezekiel 12:6–16

      And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to…

    • Ezekiel 12:3

      Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

Where this verse is studied

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About Ezra

Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezra Kneels in Prayer, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.