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2 Chronicles 35:1

JosiahJerusalem
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

3 To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.

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BSB
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
KJV
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
WEB
Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
ASV
And Josiah kept a passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
DARBY
And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
BLB
And Josiah made in Jerusalem a Passover to YHWH, and they slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
ÅB
Så holdt Josias påske for Herren i Jerusalem, og de slaktet påskelammet på den fjortende dag i den første måned.
OTB
Josjia holdt påske for Herren i Jerusalem, og påskedyrene ble ofret på den fjortende dagen i den første måneden.
B1930
Så holdt Josias påske for Herren i Jerusalem, og de slaktet påskelammet på den fjortende dag i den første måned.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:6

    You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

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  • Numbers 9:3

    You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

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  • Ezra 6:19

    On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.

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  • 2 Kings 23:21–23

    The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

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  • Ezekiel 45:21

    On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:1–8

    Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:1–27

    Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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