Ezra 6:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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,

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1123} of Israel,{H3479} the priests,{H3549} and the Levites,{H3879} and the rest{H7606} of the children{H1123} of the captivity,{H1547} kept{H5648} the dedication{H2597} of this{H1836} house{H1005} of God{H426} with joy.{H2305}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the children{H1123} of Israel{H3479}, the priests{H3549}, and the Levites{H3879}, and the rest{H7606} of the children{H1123} of the captivity{H1547}, kept{H5648}{(H8754)} the dedication{H2597} of this{H1836} house{H1005} of God{H426} with joy{H2305},

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the children of Israel, the prestes, the Leuites, and the other children of ye captyuite helde the dedicacion of the house of God with ioye,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the children of Israel, the Priestes, and the Leuites, and the residue of the children of the captiuitie kept the dedication of this house of God with ioy,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the childre of Israel, the priestes, the Leuites, and the other children of the captiuitie, helde the dedication of this house of God with ioy:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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,

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And the sons of Israel have made, `and' the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the sons of the captivity, a dedication of this house of God with joy,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The people of Israel– the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles– observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 7:5 : 5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep; so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
  • 1 Kgs 8:63 : 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, twenty-two thousand oxen, and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 9:2 : 2 Now the first inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
  • 1 Chr 15:28 : 28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of cornets, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
  • Deut 12:7 : 7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.
  • 2 Chr 7:9-9 : 9 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days. 10 And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their tents, joyful and glad of heart for the goodness that the LORD had shown to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel His people.
  • 2 Chr 30:23 : 23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days: and they kept another seven days with gladness.
  • 2 Chr 30:26 : 26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 3:11-12 : 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of the fathers' houses, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy,
  • Ezra 4:1 : 1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel,
  • Ezra 6:22 : 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 toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
  • Neh 7:73 : 73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
  • Neh 8:10 : 10 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
  • Neh 12:43 : 43 On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
  • Ps 122:1 : 1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
  • John 10:22 : 22 And it was Jerusalem at the Feast of Dedication, and it was winter.
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice.

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    14 And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

    15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

  • Ezra 6:17-22
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    17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

    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.

    19 And the children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

    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.

    21 And the children of Israel who had returned from captivity, and all those who had separated themselves unto them from the impurity of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, ate,

    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 toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

  • Neh 12:27
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    27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.

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    11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

    12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of the fathers' houses, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy,

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    16 So the people went out and brought them, and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the Water Gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

    17 And all the congregation of those who had returned from captivity made booths and sat under the booths; for since the days of Joshua the son of Nun until that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great gladness.

    18 Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

  • 2 Chr 30:25
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    25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.

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    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 its place.

    8 Moreover I make a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that from the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given to these men, so that they are not hindered.

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    5 Then the leaders of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin arose, and the priests, and the Levites, with all those whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

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    1 And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one person to Jerusalem.

    2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God.

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    15 And they gathered their brethren, sanctified themselves, and came according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

    16 And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it to carry it out to the brook Kidron.

    17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the LORD. So they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

  • Ezra 8:35-36
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    35 Also the children of those who had been carried away, who had come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to the LORD.

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    3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid; its height sixty cubits, and its width sixty cubits;

    4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given from the king's treasury:

    5 And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and place them in the house of God.

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    25 And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel present had offered:

  • Ezra 5:15-16
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    15 And he said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in its place.

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    43 On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

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    11 And they returned an answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.

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    5 and he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the offerings for the priests.

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    13 So the workmen worked, and the work was completed by them, and they set the house of God in its state, and strengthened it.

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    27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

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    6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.

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    9 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days.

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    38 If they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:

  • Neh 13:9
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    9 Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the rooms; and I brought back into them the vessels of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the frankincense.

  • Ezra 7:15-16
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    15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

    16 And all the silver and gold that you can find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

  • Neh 10:39
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    39 For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine, and the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.

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