Ezra 6:16 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁶ Then did the sons of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the Sons of the Exile, keep the dedication of this house of God, with joy;

⁷ and shall eat there, before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, ye, and your households,––wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee.

⁶³ So Solomon offered as a sacrifice of peace–offerings, which he offered unto Yahweh––Oxen, two and twenty thousand, and Sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand,––Thus did, the king and all the sons of Israel, dedicate the house of Yahweh.

² Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

²⁸ So, all Israel, were bringing up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, with shouting, and with sound of the horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals,––sounding aloud, with harps, and lyres.

⁵ And King Solomon offered a sacrifice––of oxen, twenty–two thousand, and of sheep, a hundred and twenty thousand,––and so the king and all the people, dedicated the house of God;

⁹ And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast,––because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days. ¹⁰ And, on the twenty–third of the seventh month, he sent the people away to their own homes,––rejoicing and glad in heart, over the goodness which Yahweh had performed unto David and unto Solomon, and unto Israel his people.

²³ Then all the convocation took counsel, to keep seven days more,––and they kept seven days, with rejoicing.

²⁶ Thus was there great rejoicing, in Jerusalem,––for, since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel, there had not been the like of this, in Jerusalem.

¹¹ And, when they made responses in offering praise and in giving thanks unto Yahweh––For he is good, for, age–abiding, is his lovingkindness, upon Israel, then, all the people, shouted with a great shout, in offering praise unto Yahweh, over the laying of the foundation of the house of Yahweh. ¹² But, many of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral chiefs, who were old men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, were weeping with a loud voice,––many, however, shouting and rejoicing, with voice raised on high;

¹ Now, when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard––that, the Sons of the Exile, were building the temple, unto Yahweh, God of Israel,

²² 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.

⁷³ So the priests and the Levites and the door–keepers and the singers and some of the people, and the Nethinim and all Israel, took up their abode in their cities. And, when the seventh month arrived, the sons of Israel were in their cities.

¹⁰ So he said unto them––Go your way, eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared, for holy is the day, unto our Lord,––and be not grieved, for, the joy of Yahweh, is your strength.

⁴³ And they sacrificed, on that day, great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for, God, had caused them to rejoice with great joy, moreover also, the women and children, rejoiced,––so that the rejoicing of Jerusalem was heard afar off.

¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
I was glad, when they were saying unto me, Unto the house of Yahweh, let us go!

²² The feast of dedication took place at that time, in Jerusalem: it was, winter,

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I will say––rejoice!