Ezra 6:20

Easy To Read Version

The priests and Levites made themselves pure. They all made themselves clean and ready to celebrate the Passover. The Levites killed the Passover lamb for all the Jews that came back from captivity. They did that for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:34

But there were not enough priests to skin and cut up all the animals for the burnt offerings. So their relatives, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and until other priests could make themselves ready for holy service. The Levites were more serious about making themselves ready to serve the Lord. They were more serious than the priests.

2 Chronicles 35:11

The Passover lambs were killed. Then the Levites skinned the animals and gave the blood to the priests. The priests sprinkled the blood on the altar.

2 Chronicles 35:14

After this was finished, the Levites got meat for themselves and for the priests that were descendants of Aaron. Those priests were kept very busy, working until it got dark. They worked hard burning the burnt offerings and the fat of the sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 35:15

The Levite singers from Asaph’s family got in the places that King David had chosen for them to stand. They were: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. The gatekeepers at each gate did not have to leave their places because their brother Levites made everything ready for them for the Passover.

Exodus 12:21

So Moses called all the elders (leaders) together. Moses told them, “Get the lambs for your families. Kill the lambs for the Passover.

Hebrews 7:27

He is not like those other priests. Those other priests had to offer (give) sacrifices {\cf2\super [75]} every day. They had to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. But Christ doesn’t need to do that. Christ offered only one sacrifice for all time. Christ offered himself.