20Because 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 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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