Ezra:6:19-22
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And the Sons of the Exile kept the passover ,
on the fourteenth of the first month ;
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for the priests and the Levites ,
had purified themselves ,
as one man ,
all of them ,
were pure ,
so they slaughtered the passover for all the Sons of the Exile ,
and for their brethren the priests ,
and for themselves .
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Therefore the sons of Israel who had returned from the Exile and all who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land unto them ,
did eat ,
to seek Yahweh ,
God of Israel ;
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and kept the festival of unleavened cakes seven days ,
with joy ,
for Yahweh had made them joyful ,
and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria towards them ,
to strengthen their hands ,
in the work of the house of God ,
the God of Israel .