16. 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 Elohim with joy,

17. And offered at the dedication of this house of Elohim an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he 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 Elohim, which at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

19. And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

20. For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them 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, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek יְהוָ֥ה Elohim of Israel, did eat,

22. And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for יְהוָ֥ה had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of Elohim, the Elohim of Israel.