18 And they set the priests (A)in their divisions and the Levites (B)in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, (C)as it is written in the Book of Moses.

Passover Celebrated

19 (D)On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover. 20 (E)For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. (F)So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves.

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