![]() ![]() 18 Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves, ( Y) yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. 17 Since many in the crowd had not consecrated themselves, the Levites had to kill ( X) the Passover lambs for all those who were not ceremonially clean and could not consecrate their lambs to the Lord. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites. 16 Then they took up their regular positions ( W) as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests and the Levites were ashamed and consecrated ( V) themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the Lord. ( U)ġ5 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. 14 They removed the altars ( T) in Jerusalem and cleared away the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. ( Q) 12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity ( R) of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.ġ3 A very large crowd of people assembled in Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread ( S) in the second month. 11 Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled ( P) themselves and went to Jerusalem. ( N) He will not turn his face from you if you return to him.”ġ0 The couriers went from town to town in Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun, but people scorned and ridiculed ( O) them. 9 If you return ( L) to the Lord, then your fellow Israelites and your children will be shown compassion ( M) by their captors and will return to this land, for the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger ( K) will turn away from you. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. 8 Do not be stiff-necked, ( J) as your ancestors were submit to the Lord. 7 Do not be like your parents ( G) and your fellow Israelites, who were unfaithful ( H) to the Lord, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, ( I) as you see. “People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria. It had not been celebrated in large numbers according to what was written.Ħ At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read: 5 They decided to send a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, ( F) calling the people to come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. 4 The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly. 3 They had not been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated ( E) themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem. 2 The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate ( D) the Passover in the second month. 30 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel ( A) and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, ( B) inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover ( C) to the Lord, the God of Israel.
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