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2 Chronicles 35:17 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. "
2 Chronicles 35:17
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15 The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the LORD’s altar, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
17 The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18 There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19 This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.
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2 Chronicles 35:1
"Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month."
2 Chronicles 35:2
"He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the LORD’s house."
2 Chronicles 35:3
"He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel."
2 Chronicles 35:4
"Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son."
2 Chronicles 35:5
"Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers’ house of the Levites."
2 Chronicles 35:6
"Kill the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the LORD’s word by Moses.”"
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