They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar.

They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood,<n id="1" /> while the Levites skinned the animals.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Josiah observed a Passover festival for the <sc>Lordsc> in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the <sc>Lordsc> commanded through Moses.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed<n id="1" /> that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel.p>

<p class="bodytext">They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.