2 Chronicles 30:13
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2 Chr 30:13
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Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.
2 Chr 30:14
2 Chr 30:15
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Then they slaughtered the Passover {lambs} on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
2 Chr 30:16
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They stood at their stations after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood {which they received} from the hand of the Levites.
2 Chr 30:17
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For {there were} many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, the Levites {were} over the slaughter of the Passover {lambs} for everyone who {was} unclean, in order to consecrate {them} to the LORD.
2 Chr 30:18
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For a multitude of the people, {even} many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than prescribed. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the good LORD pardon
2 Chr 30:19
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everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though not according to the purification {rules} of the sanctuary."
2 Chr 30:20
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So the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
2 Chr 30:21
2 Chr 30:22
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Then Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good insight {in the things} of the LORD. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers.
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