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Text -- 2 Chronicles 35:1-15 (NET)
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Josiah Observes the Passover
35:1 Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem . They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month .
35:2 He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord’s temple .
35:3 He told the Levites , who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord , “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built . Don’t carry it on your shoulders . Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel !
35:4 Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions , as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon .
35:5 Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites , represent the family divisions of your countrymen .
35:6 Slaughter the Passover lambs , consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the Lord commanded through Moses .”
35:7 From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice , as well as 3,000 cattle .
35:8 His officials also willingly contributed to the people , priests , and Levites . Hilkiah , Zechariah , and Jehiel , the leaders of God’s temple , supplied 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle .
35:9 Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel , along with Hashabiah , Jeiel , and Jozabad , the officials of the Levites , supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle .
35:10 Preparations were made , and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king .
35:11 They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood, while the Levites skinned the animals.
35:12 They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord , as prescribed in the scroll of Moses .
35:13 They cooked the Passover sacrifices over the open fire as prescribed and cooked the consecrated offerings in pots , kettles , and pans . They quickly served them to all the people .
35:14 Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests , because the priests , the descendants of Aaron , were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening . The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests , the descendants of Aaron .
35:15 The musicians , the descendants of Asaph , manned their posts , as prescribed by David , Asaph , Heman , and Jeduthun the king’s prophet . The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts , for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 35:1 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 35:5 Heb “and stand in the sanctuary by the divisions of the house of the fathers for your brothers, the sons of the people, and a division of the ho...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 35:7 Heb “and Josiah supplied for the sons of the people sheep, lambs and sons of goats, the whole for the Passover sacrifices for everyone who was f...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 35:12 Heb “and they put aside the burnt offering[s] to give them to the divisions of the house of the fathers for the sons of the people to bring near...
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