2Chronicles:30:1-11
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And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah ,
and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh ,
that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem ,
to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel Yisra #
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For the king had taken counsel ,
and his princes ,
and all the congregation in Jerusalem ,
to keep the passover in the second month .
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For they could not keep it at that time ,
because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently ,
neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem .
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And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation .
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So they established a decree to make proclamation #
throughout all Israel Yisra #
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from Beersheba B @#
ereven to Dan ,
that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem :
for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written .
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So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah ,
and according to the commandment of the king ,
saying ,
Ye children of Israel Yisra #
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turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Israel Yisra #
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and he will return to the remnant of you ,
that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria .
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And be not ye like your fathers ,
and like your brethren ,
which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers ,
who therefore gave them up to desolation ,
as ye see .
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Now be ye not stiffnecked ,
as your fathers were ,
but yield yourselves unto the LORD ,
and enter into his sanctuary ,
which he hath sanctified for ever :
and serve the LORD your God ,
that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you .
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For if ye turn again unto the LORD ,
your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive ,
so that they shall come again into this land :
for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful ,
and will not turn away his face from you ,
if ye return unto him .
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So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun :
but they laughed them to scorn ,
and mocked them .
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Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves ,
and came to Jerusalem .