20The priests and Levites had purified themselves and were all ceremonially clean. The Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their relatives the priests and for themselves.
Ezra 6 records the dramatic resolution of the opposition to rebuilding the temple. King Darius discovers Cyrus's original decree in the archives at Ecbatana and issues a new, even more forceful order: the work must continue, and the enemies of the Jews must fund it. The temple is
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