1 Esdras 7
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1THen Sisinnes the gouernour of Coelosyria and Phoenice, and Sathrabouzanes, & their companions, obeying King Darius commandements, 2Assisted diligently the holie workes, working with the Ancients and gouernours of the Sanctuarie. 3And the holie workes prospered by Aggeus and Zacharias the Prophetes which prophecied. 4So they finished all things by the commandement of the Lord God of Israel, and with the consent of Cyrus and Darius, and Artaxerxes Kings of the Persians. 5Thus the holie House was finished in the thre and twentieth day of the moneth Adar in the sixt yere of Darius King of the Persians. 6¶ And the children of Israel, and the Priests, and the Leuites, and the rest, which were of the captiuitie, & had anie charge, did according to the things writen in the boke of Moses. 7And they offred for the dedication of the Temple of the Lord, an hundreth bulles, two hundreth rams, foure hundreth lambes, 8And twelue goates for the sinne of all Israel, according to the nomber of the chief of the tribes of Israel. 9And the Priests, and the Leuites stode according to their kinreds clothed with long robes in the workes of the Lord God of Israel, according to the boke of Moses, and also the porters in euerie gate. 10And the children of Israel offred the Passeouer together with them of the captiuitie, in the fourtenth day of the first moneth, after that the Priests and Leuites were sanctified. 11But all the children of the captiuitie were not sanctified together, but all the Leuites were sanctified together. 12And they offred the Passeouer, for all the children of the captiuitie, and for their brethren the Priests, and for them selues. 13Then all the children of Israel which were of the captiuitie did eat, euen all they that had separated them selues from the abominations of the people of the land, and soght the Lord. 14And they kept the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes, reioycing before the Lord, 15Because he had turned the counsel of the King of the Assyrians towardes them to strengthen their hands in the workes of the Lord God of Israel.