2Chronicles:30:1-31

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* And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah , and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh , to come to the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem , to make a Passover to Jehovah the God of Israel . * And the king and his leaders , and all the congregation in Jerusalem , took counsel to keep the Passover in the second month ; * since they could not do it at that time , for the priests had not cleansed themselves enough . And the people had not been gathered to Jerusalem . * And the thing was right in the eyes of the king , and in the eyes of the congregation . * And they established a decree to pass through a call to all Israel , from Beersheba even to Dan , to come to make a Passover to Jehovah the God of Israel in Jerusalem . For not many of them had done as it is written . * And the runners went with letters from the king 's hand , and his leaders , to all Israel and Judah ; even by the king 's command , saying , O sons of Israel return to Jehovah , the God of Abraham , Isaac , and Israel . And He shall return to the remnant left of you from the hand of the king of Assyria . * And do not be like your fathers , and like your brothers , who acted treacherously against Jehovah the God of their fathers ; and He made them for a horror , as you see . * Now do not stiffen your necks like your fathers . Give a hand to Jehovah and come to His holy place that He has sanctified forever ; and serve Jehovah your God . And the fierceness of His anger will turn away from you . * For when you return to Jehovah , your brothers and your sons will have mercies before their captors , even to return to this land . For Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful , and He will not turn His face away from you , if you turn back to Him . * And the runners passed from city to city in the land of Ephraim , and Manasseh , even to Zebulun . And they were laughing at them , and mocking them . * However , men from Asher , and Manasseh , and from Zebulun were humbled , and came to Jerusalem . * Also , in Judah the hand of God was to give to them one heart to do the king 's command , and of the leaders , by the word of Jehovah . * And many people gathered to Jerusalem , to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month , a very great multitude . * And they rose up and took away the altars in Jerusalem , and all the incense altars they removed , and threw them into the torrent Kidron . * And they killed the passover offering on the fourteenth of the second month . And the priests and the Levites were ashamed , and sanctified themselves , and brought in burnt offerings to the house of Jehovah . * And they stood in their place according to their ordinance , according to the law of Moses the man of God . The priests were sprinkling the blood out of the hand of the Levites . * For many in the assembly had not sanctified themselves , and the Levites were over the slaughtering of the passover offerings for everyone not clean , to sanctify them to Jehovah . * For many of the people , many from Ephraim , and Manasseh , Issachar , and Zebulun had not been cleansed , but ate the passover otherwise than was written . But Hezekiah prayed for them , saying , O good Jehovah , provide atonement for * everyone who has prepared his heart to seek Jehovah God , the God of his fathers , yet not according to the cleansing of the sanctuary . * And Jehovah listened to Hezekiah , and healed the people . * And the sons of Israel , those found in Jerusalem , kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great joy . And the Levites praised Jehovah day to day , and the priests , with instruments of praise before Jehovah . * And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites , those having good understanding as to Jehovah . And they ate the appointed things seven days , offering sacrifices of peace offerings , and making confession to Jehovah , the God of their fathers . * And all the congregation took counsel to keep another seven days . And they kept seven days joyfully . * And Hezekiah the king of Judah had lifted up to the congregation a thousand bullocks , and seven thousand sheep . And the leaders had lifted up to the congregation a thousand bullocks , and ten thousand sheep . And the priests had sanctified themselves in abundance . * And all the congregation of Judah rejoiced , and the priests and the Levites , and all the congregation that came from the land of Israel , and the aliens who came from the land of Israel , and those who lived in Judah . * And there was great joy in Jerusalem , for from the days of Solomon the son of David the king of Israel , there was nothing like this in Jerusalem . * And the priests , the Levites , rose up and blessed the people , and their voice was heard , and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place , to Heaven .

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