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 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem Flere versionerKing 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 King Cyrus of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord from the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also in writing, saying:
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night. He did not eat bread or drink water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
and that, if any did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all their property should be forfeited and they themselves banned from the congregation of the exiles.