6:1 | Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. |
6:2 | And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: |
6:3 | In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; |
6:4 | With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: |
6:5 | And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. |
6:6 | Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: |
6:7 | Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. |
6:8 | Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. |
6:9 | And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: |
6:10 | That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. |
6:11 | Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. |
6:12 | And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. |
6:13 | Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. |
6:14 | 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. |
6:15 | And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. |
6:16 | And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, |
6:17 | And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. |
6:18 | And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. |
6:18 | 且派祭司、和利未人、按著班次在耶路撒冷事奉 神、是照摩西律法書上所寫的。 |
6:18 | 且派祭司和利未人按着班次在耶路撒冷事奉神,是照摩西律法书上所写的。 |
1ch:23:6 | And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. |
1ch:24:1 | Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. |
2ch:8:14 | And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. |
2ch:35:4 | And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. |
num:3:5 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
num:3:6 | Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. |
num:3:7 | And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. |
num:3:8 | And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. |
num:3:9 | And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. |
num:3:10 | And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. |
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6:19 | And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. |
6:20 | For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. |
6:21 | And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, |
6:22 | And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. |