Ezra 6:19
in Ezra 6On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
BSB
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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.
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This verse in Ezra 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd 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
On the fourteenth day of the first month
on Ezra 6:19-20
With the Passover the Aramaic of the Persian correspondence that has run since Ezra 4:8 gives way here to Hebrew. The exiles keep the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, the day the law commands. All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
However, the sons of the exile made the Passover, etc. What was the point of recounting the celebration of the Passover after the house of the Lord was built in the historical narrative? When it had long been promised that from the first day of …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Search was ordered to be made for it among the records; for, it seems, the tribes had not taken care to provide themselves with an authentic copy of it, which might have stood them in good stead, but they must appeal to the original. It was looked for in Babylon (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ | vaiyaasu | and they celebrated | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] children of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַגּוֹלָ֖ה | hagolah | the exile | H1473 → | 43 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפָּ֑סַח | hapasach | the passover | H6453 → | |
| בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה | bearbaah | on [day] four- | H702 → | 318 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ | lachodesh | of the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ | harishon | the first | H7223 → | 182 times |
וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּand they celebrated
vaiyaasuH6213 →2628 times
בְנֵי־[the] children of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
הַגּוֹלָ֖הthe exile
hagolahH1473 →43 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַפָּ֑סַחthe passover
hapasachH6453 →
בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥הon [day] four-
bearbaahH702 →318 times
עָשָׂ֖רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
לַחֹ֥דֶשׁof the month
lachodeshH2320 →284 times
הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃the first
harishonH7223 →182 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
4 stopsEach 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 5:10On 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.
- Exodus 12:6
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About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.