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Dedication and ordered priestly service.
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Ezra 6:16-18

A House Dedicated with Joy

The House Finished, the Feast Restored · Ezra 6

Story guide: The returned exiles dedicate the completed house and appoint priests and Levites for service.

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16And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the exile celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

17And they offered for the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats as a sin offering for all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

18And they set up the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions for the service of God that is in Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

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