So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the passover to the Lord the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; for they had not kept it in great numbers as prescribed.
Ezra 10:7 - Revised Standard Version And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles, that they should assemble in Jerusalem, American Standard Version (1901) And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; Common English Bible An order was then circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the returned exiles should gather in Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version And a voice was sent into Judah and Jerusalem, to all the sons of the transmigration, so that they would gather together in Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And proclamation was made in Juda and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should assemble together into Jerusalem. |
So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the passover to the Lord the God of Israel, at Jerusalem; for they had not kept it in great numbers as prescribed.
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night, neither eating bread nor drinking water; for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
and that if any one did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited, and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles.