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2 Chronicles 35:1

JosiahJerusalem
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now 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.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:6

    And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

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  • Numbers 9:3

    In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

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  • Ezra 6:19

    And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

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  • 2 Kings 23:21–23

    And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

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  • Ezekiel 45:21

    In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:1–8

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:1–27

    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.

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