John Gill Commentary Ezra 6:20

"For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves." — Ezra 6:20 (ASV)

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of
them were pure
They were all to a man pure, and all purified as one man; all were of one mind to purify themselves, and took care to do it, and did it with as much dispatch as if only one man was purified; so that they were more generally prepared for service now than in the times of Hezekiah, (2 Chronicles 29:34) (30:3)

and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity,
and for their brethren the priests and for themselves ;
which seems to have been done by the Levites, for themselves and for the priests, and for all the people, who were not so pure as the priests and Levites; or otherwise they might have killed it themselves, (Exodus 12:6) , as Bochart ^F14 thinks.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F14: Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 50. col. 576.