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2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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ASV

And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that had good understanding in the service of Jehovah. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, the God of their fathers.

KJV

And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.

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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

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.Berand he spokeH1696 →
יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּye.chiz.ki.Ya.huHezekiahH2396 →
עַל־'al-toH5921 →
לֵב֙lev[the] heart ofH3820 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַלְוִיִּ֔םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881 →
הַמַּשְׂכִּילִ֥יםha.mas.ki.Limwho were understandingH7919 →
שֵֽׂכֶל־se.khel-understandingH7922 →
ט֖וֹבTovgoodH2896 →
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
וַיֹּאכְל֤וּvai.yo.khe.Luand they ateH398 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמּוֹעֵד֙ha.mo.'Edthe appointed feastH4150 →
שִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'At[the] sevenH7651 →
הַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →
מְזַבְּחִים֙me.za.be.ChimsacrificingH2076 →
זִבְחֵ֣יziv.Cheisacrifices ofH2077 →
שְׁלָמִ֔יםshe.la.Mimpeace offeringsH8002 →
וּמִ֨תְוַדִּ֔יםu.Mit.va.Dimand giving thanksH3034 →
לַיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ ס'a.vo.tei.Hemancestors theirH1 →

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Psalms 119:99I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.Nehemiah 9:3While they stood in their places, they read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and they spent another quarter of the day in confession and worship of the LORD their God.2 Chronicles 32:6Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,2 Chronicles 17:7In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.Ezra 10:11Now, therefore, make a confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do His will. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from your foreign wives.”Isaiah 40:1–2“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.Hebrews 8:11No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.2 Chronicles 15:3For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.2 Chronicles 35:3To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.Hosea 2:14“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.Ezra 7:25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.Nehemiah 8:7–8The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.Deuteronomy 33:10He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.Nehemiah 8:18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.Ezra 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

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