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2 Chronicles 30:18

A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone

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For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Jehovah pardon every one

KJV

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one

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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

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
מַרְבִּ֣יתmar.Bit[the] greater part ofH4768 →
הָעָ֡םha.'Amthe peopleH5971 →
רַ֠בַּתRa.batmanyH7227 →
מֵֽאֶפְרַ֨יִםme.'ef.Ra.yimfrom EphraimH669 →
וּמְנַשֶּׁ֜הu.me.na.Shehand ManassehH4519 →
יִשָּׂשכָ֤רyi.so.sh.KharIssacharH3485 →
וּזְבֻלוּן֙u.ze.vu.Lunand ZebulunH2074 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
הִטֶּהָ֔רוּhi.te.Ha.ruthey had purified themselvesH2891 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אָכְל֥וּ'a.khe.Luthey ateH398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַפֶּ֖סַחha.Pe.sachthe passoverH6453 →
בְּלֹ֣אbe.Lo'with notH3808 →
כַכָּת֑וּבkha.ka.Tuvaccording to <the> [what] is writtenH3789 →
כִּי֩kiforH3588 →
הִתְפַּלֵּ֨לhit.pa.Lelhe had prayedH6419 →
יְחִזְקִיָּ֤הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396 →
עֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הַטּ֖וֹבha.Tov<the> goodH2896 →
יְכַפֵּ֥רye.kha.Permay he make atonementH3722 →
בְּעַֽד׃be.'AdforH1157 →

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1 Corinthians 11:28Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.James 5:15–16And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.2 Chronicles 6:21Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.Numbers 9:10–14“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is away on a journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.Daniel 9:19O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”Genesis 20:7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”Psalms 25:8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.2 Chronicles 30:25Then the whole assembly of Judah rejoiced along with the priests and Levites and the whole assembly that had come from Israel, including the foreigners who had come from Israel and those who lived in Judah.Numbers 19:20But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.Exodus 12:43–51And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.2 Chronicles 30:11Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 34:9So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites at the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, Judah, and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.Job 42:8–9So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.1 John 5:16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.Exodus 34:6–9Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,Psalms 119:68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.Numbers 14:18–20‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

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