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2 Chronicles 30:19

ForgivenessRepentanceFaithPurity

17 For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

18 For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

20 And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

21 And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

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BSB
who sets his heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of his fathers—even if he is not cleansed according to the purification rules of the sanctuary.”
KJV
That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.
WEB
who sets his heart to seek God, the LORD, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.”
ASV
that setteth his heart to seek God, Jehovah, the God of his fathers, though [he be] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary.
DARBY
that has directed his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, although not according to the purification of the sanctuary.
BLB
everyone [who] prepares his heart to seek God—YHWH, God of his fathers—and not according to the purifying of the sanctuary.”
ÅB
hver den som har vendt seg av alt sitt hjerte til å søke Gud Herren, sine fedres Gud, om han enn ikke er ren slik som helligdommen krever det[^2]!
OTB
enhver som setter sitt hjerte til å søke Gud, Herren, sine fedres Gud, selv om det ikke er i samsvar med helligdommens renselsesregler."
B1930
hver den som har vendt sig av alt sitt hjerte til å søke Gud Herren, sine fedres Gud, om han enn ikke er ren således som helligdommen krever det! / < d.e. om han enn ikke er ren efter loven.>

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  • 2 Chronicles 19:3

    Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

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  • Proverbs 23:26

    My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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  • Psalms 10:17

    LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

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  • Job 11:13

    If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:33

    Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:18

    O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

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  • Ezra 7:10

    For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:3

    And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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