Ezra 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.
KJV
Purificati enim fuerant sacerdotes et Levitæ quasi unus : omnes mundi ad immolandum Pascha universis filiis transmigrationis, et fratribus suis sacerdotibus, et sibi.
Vulgate
ὅτι ἐκαθερίσθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ οἱ Λευεῖται, ἕως εἷς πάντες καθαροί· καὶ ἔσφαξαν τὸ πάσχα τοῖς πᾶσιν υἱοῖς τῆς ἀποικεσίας καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν καὶ ἑαυτοῖς.
LXX
For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
ASV
כִּ֣י הִֽטַּהֲר֞וּ הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֧ים וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֛ם כְּ/אֶחָ֖ד כֻּלָּ֣/ם טְהוֹרִ֑ים וַ/יִּשְׁחֲט֤וּ הַ/פֶּ֨סַח֙ לְ/כָל בְּנֵ֣י הַ/גּוֹלָ֔ה וְ/לַ/אֲחֵי/הֶ֥ם הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְ/לָ/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 29:34 — But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctifi
- 2Chr 35:6 — So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
- 2Chr 35:11 — And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
- Heb 7:27 — Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people’s: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.