Ezra 6:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Ezra 6:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 6:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 6:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Because the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together, all of them were pure. They killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.”

Ezra 6:20 — World English Bible

Ezra 6:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. ”

Ezra 6:20 — American Standard Version

Ezra 6:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“for the priests and the Levites have been purified together--all of them <FI>are<Fi> pure--and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.”

Ezra 6:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 6:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. ”

Ezra 6:20 — Darby Translation

Ezra 6:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“(For the Priests and the Leuites were purified altogether) and they killed the Passeouer for all the children of the captiuitie, and for their brethren the Priests, and for themselues.”

Ezra 6:20 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 6:20 in Context — Ezra 6

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 upon 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, 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 the Lord God of Israel, did eat,

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

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What Does Ezra 6:20 Mean?

Ezra 6:20 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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