Ezra 6:16-17

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16 H1123 And the children H3479 of Israel, H3549 the priests, H3879 and the Levites, H7606 and the rest H1123 of the children H1547 of the captivity, H5648 [H8754] kept H2597 the dedication H1836 of this H1005 house H426 of God H2305 with joy,

17 H7127 [H8684] And offered H2597 at the dedication H1836 of this H1005 house H426 of God H3969 an hundred H8450 bulls, H3969 two hundred H1798 rams, H703 four H3969 hundred H563 lambs; H2402 H2409 [H8675] and for a sin offering H5922 for H3606 all H3479 Israel, H8648 H6236 twelve H6841 male H5796 goats, H4510 according to the number H7625 of the tribes H3479 of Israel.

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the children.
1 Chronicles 9:2; Nehemiah 7:73
children of the captivity. Chal. sons of the transportation.
Ezra 4:1
the dedication.
1 Kings 8:63; 2 Chronicles 7:5; 2 Chronicles 7:9; John 10:22
with joy.
Ezra 6:22; Ezra 3:11; Ezra 3:12; Deuteronomy 12:7; 1 Chronicles 15:28; 2 Chronicles 7:10; 2 Chronicles 30:23; 2 Chronicles 30:26; Nehemiah 8:10; Nehemiah 12:43
Psalms 122:1; Philippians 4:4Having set up the worship of God in this dedication, they took care to keep it up, and made the book of Moses their rule, to which they had an eye in this establishment. Though the temple service could not now be performed with so much pomp and plenty as formerly, because of their poverty, yet no doubt it was performed with as much purity and close adherence to the Divine institutions as ever. No beauty is like the beauty of holiness.