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2Chronicles 30
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Preparations for Passover

30The people had not been able to celebrate the Passover Festival at the proper time in the first month, because not enough priests were ritually clean and not many people had assembled in Jerusalem.H3169H7971H3478H3063H3789H107H669H4519H935H1004H3068H3389H6213H6453H3068H430H3478
2So King Hezekiah, his officials, and the people of Jerusalem agreed to celebrate it in the second month, and the king sent word to all the people of Israel and Judah.H4428H3289H8269H6951H3389H6213H6453H8145H2320
3He took special care to send letters to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover in honor of the LORD, the God of Israel.H3201H6213H6256H3548H6942H4078H1767H5971H622H3389
4The king and the people were pleased with their plan,H1697H3474H5869H4428H6951
5so they invited all the Israelites, from Dan in the north to Beersheba in the south, to come together in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover according to the Law, in larger numbers than ever before.H5975H1697H5674H6963H3478H884H1835H935H6213H6453H3068H430H3478H3389H6213H7230H3789
6Messengers went out at the command of the king and his officials through all Judah and Israel with the following invitation: "People of Israel, you have survived the Assyrian conquest of the land. Now return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and he will return to you.H7323H3212H107H3027H4428H8269H3478H3063H4687H4428H559H1121H3478H7725H3068H430H85H3327H3478H7725H7604H6413H3709H4428H804
7Do not be like your ancestors and your Israelite relatives who were unfaithful to the LORD their God. As you can see, he punished them severely.H1H251H4603H3068H430H1H5414H8047H7200
8Do not be stubborn as they were, but obey the LORD. Come to the Temple in Jerusalem, which the LORD your God has made holy forever, and worship him so that he will no longer be angry with you.H7185H6203H1H5414H3027H3068H935H4720H6942H5769H5647H3068H430H2740H639H7725
9If you return to the LORD, then those who have taken your relatives away as prisoners will take pity on them and let them come back home. The LORD your God is kind and merciful, and if you return to him, he will accept you."H7725H3068H251H1121H7356H6440H7617H7725H776H3068H430H2587H7349H5493H6440H7725
10The messengers went to every city in the territory of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far north as the tribe of Zebulun, but people laughed at them and made fun of them.H7323H5674H5892H5892H776H669H4519H2074H7832H3932
11Still, there were some from the tribes of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun who were willing to come to Jerusalem.H582H836H4519H2074H3665H935H3389
12God was also at work in Judah and united the people in their determination to obey his will by following the commands of the king and his officials.H3063H3027H430H5414H259H3820H6213H4687H4428H8269H1697H3068

Passover Is Celebrated

13A great number of people gathered in Jerusalem in the second month to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.H622H3389H7227H5971H6213H2282H4682H8145H2320H3966H7230H6951
14They took all the altars that had been used in Jerusalem for offering sacrifices and burning incense and threw them into Kidron Valley.H6965H5493H4196H3389H6999H5493H7993H5158H6939
15And on the fourteenth day of the month they killed the lambs for the Passover sacrifice. The priests and Levites who were not ritually clean became so ashamed that they dedicated themselves to the LORD, and now they could sacrifice burnt offerings in the Temple.H7819H6453H702H6240H8145H2320H3548H3881H3637H6942H935H5930H1004H3068
16They took their places in the Temple according to the instructions in the Law of Moses, the man of God. The Levites gave the blood of the sacrifices to the priests, who sprinkled it on the altar.H5975H5977H4941H8451H4872H376H430H3548H2236H1818H3027H3881
17Because many of the people were not ritually clean, they could not kill the Passover lambs, so the Levites did it for them and dedicated the lambs to the LORD.H7227H6951H6942H3881H7821H6453H2889H6942H3068
18In addition, many of those who had come from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not performed the ritual of purification, and so they were observing Passover improperly. King Hezekiah offered this prayer for them:H4768H5971H7227H669H4519H3485H2074H3808H2891H398H6453H3789H3169H6419H559H2896H3068H3722
19"O LORD, the God of our ancestors, in your goodness forgive those who are worshiping you with all their heart, even though they are not ritually clean."H3559H3824H1875H430H3068H430H1H2893H6944
20The LORD answered Hezekiah's prayer; he forgave the people and did not harm them.H3068H8085H3169H7495H5971
21For seven days the people who had gathered in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread with great joy, and day after day the Levites and the priests praised the LORD with all their strength.H1121H3478H4672H3389H6213H2282H4682H7651H3117H1419H8057H3881H3548H1984H3068H3117H3117H5797H3627H3068

A Second Celebration

22Hezekiah praised the Levites for their skill in conducting the worship of the LORD. After the seven days during which they offered sacrifices in praise of the LORD, the God of their ancestors,H3169H1696H3820H3881H7919H2896H7922H3068H398H4150H7651H3117H2076H8002H2077H3034H3068H430H1
23they all decided to celebrate for another seven days. So they celebrated with joy.H6951H3289H6213H312H7651H3117H6213H7651H3117H8057
24King Hezekiah contributed 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the people to kill and eat, and the officials gave them another 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. A large number of priests went through the ritual of purification.H2396H4428H3063H7311H6951H505H6499H7651H505H6629H8269H7311H6951H505H6499H6235H505H6629H7230H3548H6942
25So everyone was happy - the people of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the people who had come from the north, and the foreigners who had settled permanently in Israel and Judah.H6951H3063H3548H3881H6951H935H3478H1616H935H776H3478H3427H3063H8055
26The city of Jerusalem was filled with joy, because nothing like this had happened since the days of King Solomon, the son of David.H1419H8057H3389H3117H8010H1121H1732H4428H3478H3389
27The priests and the Levites asked the LORD's blessing on the people. In his home in heaven God heard their prayers and accepted them.H3548H3881H6965H1288H5971H6963H8085H8605H935H6944H4583H8064


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