Ezra 6:19-22

The Celebration of the Passover. Hebrew is resumed here.

Ezra 6:19. the fourteenth day of the first month: cf. Exodus 12:6. The leading part taken by the Levites here is not in accordance with earlier practice; this had, however, been gradually modified (see Exodus 12:6; 2 Chronicles 30:17; 2 Chronicles 35:10).

Ezra 6:21. all such. the land: i.e. the descendants of those who had not gone into captivity, but had remained in the land.

Ezra 6:22. the king of Assyria: one expects the king of Persia, but cf. Nehemiah 13:6, where Artaxerxes is called the king of Babylon; cf. Ezra 7:6.