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2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah
JoyFellowship and the church

20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.

21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.

And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

23 The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

24 For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.

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BSB
And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
KJV
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.
WEB
Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of the LORD. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings and making confession to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
ASV
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that had good understanding [in the service] of Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
DARBY
And Hezekiah spoke consolingly to all the Levites that had understanding in the good knowledge of Jehovah; and they ate the feast-offerings the seven days, sacrificing peace-offerings, and extolling Jehovah the God of their fathers.
BLB
And Hezekiah spoke to the heart of all the Levites who gave good understanding of YHWH. And they ate the appointed thing seven days, sacrificing sacrifices of peace offerings and confessing to YHWH, God of their fathers.
ÅB
Og Hiskia talte vennlig til alle de levitter som hadde vist seg særlig dyktige i Herrens tjeneste; og de spiste høytidsofferet i syv dager og ofret takkoffere og lovet Herren, sine fedres Gud.
OTB
Så talte Hiskia oppmuntrende til alle levittene som viste god innsikt i Herrens saker. Så de spiste i de fastsatte syv dagene, og ofret fredsoffer og takket Herren, sine fedres Gud.
B1930
Og Esekias talte vennlig til alle de levitter som hadde vist sig særlig dyktige i Herrens tjeneste; og de åt høitidsofferet i syv dager og ofret takkoffere og lovet Herren, sine fedres Gud.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:6

    Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,

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  • Nehemiah 9:3

    While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.

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  • Ezra 10:11

    Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”

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  • Isaiah 40:1–2

    “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.

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  • Proverbs 2:6–7

    For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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  • Ezra 7:10

    For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:2

    Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction.

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  • Ezra 7:25

    And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.

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