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^(C1)The exiles held the Passover on ^(C2)the fourteenth of the first month.

^(C1)For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then ^(C2)they slaughtered the Passover lambs for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

And the sons of Israel who returned from exile and ^(C1)all those who had separated themselves from ^(C2)the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate the Passover.

And ^(C1)they held the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, because the LORD had made them happy, and ^(C2)had turned the heart of ^(C3)the king of Assyria toward them to ^(F1)encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.