Thematic Bible: After the captivity
Thematic Bible
Famine » Instances of, in scripture » After the captivity
There were others who said, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine.”
Feast of Tabernacles » Remarkable celebrations of » After the captivity
They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required;
The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in them. The sons of Israel had indeed not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And there was great rejoicing.
Feast of the passover » Remarkable celebrations of » After the captivity
The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month. For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure Then they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves.
Rain » Instances of extraordinary » After the captivity
So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain.
But there are many people; it is the rainy season and we are not able to stand in the open. Nor can the task be done in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.