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2 Chronicles 30:1

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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ASV

And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

KJV

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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Hebraic traditional view

The Passover held a month late

Hezekiah's great Passover is kept in the SECOND month, and that is not an irregularity he invented: the Law itself provides a one-month make-up date for those unclean or far off (Numbers 9:10–11, the “Second Passover”). Hezekiah applies the provision nationally because the priests and the people could not be ready in time. Notice the chapter's heart: many northerners ate the Passover ritually unclean, and the king prays for them, “may the good LORD pardon everyone who sets his heart to seek God,” and the LORD heals the people. The feast's paperwork bends; the seeking heart is heard.

Sources: Numbers 9:10–11 (the Second-Passover provision) · Mishnah Pesachim 9:1 (the provision in the oral law)

Original language & word study

21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971 →
יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396 →
עַל־'al-toH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וִֽיהוּדָ֗הvi.hu.Dahand JudahH3063 →
וְגַֽם־ve.gam-and alsoH1571 →
אִגְּרוֹת֙'i.ge.rOtlettersH107 →
כָּתַב֙ka.Tavhe wroteH3789 →
עַל־'al-toH5921 →
אֶפְרַ֣יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669 →
וּמְנַשֶּׁ֔הu.me.na.Shehand ManassehH4519 →
לָב֥וֹאla.Vo'to comeH935 →
לְבֵית־le.veit-to [the] house ofH1004 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389 →
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.Sotto observeH6213 →
פֶּ֔סַחPe.sacha passoverH6453 →
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

The walk

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1 Corinthians 5:7–8Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.2 Chronicles 11:13Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.Hosea 7:8–9Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.Hosea 5:4Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.2 Chronicles 30:10–11And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.2 Chronicles 35:6Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!Deuteronomy 16:2–6You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.2 Chronicles 11:16Those from every tribe of Israel who had set their hearts to seek the LORD their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.2 Chronicles 25:7But a man of God came to him and said, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the Ephraimites.Exodus 12:3–20Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.1 Kings 8:1At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.2 Chronicles 34:6Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them.

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