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35:1 Celebrating the messenger’s ‘passing-over’

Southern kingdom

(2 Kgs 23:21-23)

35 Then King Yoshiyah prepared a ‘pass-over’ celebration in Yerushalem, and they slaughtered the lambs at the end of March . 2 He assigned the priests to the various tasks that needed to be done, and encouraged them to do their work well. 3 He told the Levites (they had been separated from the other tribes in order to serve Yahweh) who were teaching all Yisrael, “Place the sacred box in the house that David’s son, Yisrael’s King Shelomoh (Solomon) had built—it won’t be a burden any more for your shoulders. Now serve your god Yahweh and his Israeli people 4 and prepare yourselves in your clan divisions as per the instructions written by Yisrael’s King David and his son Shelomoh.[ref] 5 Then stand in the temple area, grouped by your clans and ready to help the other tribes. 6 Consecrate yourselves and slaughter the ‘pass-over’ lambs for the people as per the instructions given through Mosheh (Moses) by Yahweh.

7 King Yoshiyah provided thirty thousand lambs and young goats for the ‘pass-over’ sacrifices from his own flocks and three thousand bulls from his own herds. 8 His officials also contributed to the people, priests and Levites. The chief temple officials Hilkiyah, Zekaryah, and Yehiel donated 2,600 lambs and three hundred cattle to the priests. 9 The Levite leaders Konanyah and his younger brothers Shemayah, Netanel, along with Hashavyah, Yeiel, and Yozavad together contributed five thousand lambs and three hundred bulls.

10 So everything was prepared as the king had commanded, and the priests stood at their places, and the Levites were there in their various divisions 11 and they slaughtered the ‘pass-over’ lambs, then the priests sprinkled the blood while the Levites skinned the animals. 12 They set aside the animals to be burnt on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, following the instructions Mosheh had written down. They did the same thing with the cattle. 13 They roasted the ‘pass-over’ meal over the fire as per the instructions, and they boiled the meat of the sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people who were there.[ref] 14 Afterwards, the Levites prepared the meal for themselves and for the priests (Aharon’s descendants), because tge priests had been busy sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fat portions right through to the evening. 15 The singers (Asaf’s descendants) were at their posts as had been commanded by King David, Asaf, Heyman, and the king’s prophet Yedutun. The men guarding the gates didn’t have to leave their posts because their fellow Levites prepared food for them.[ref]

16 So on that day, everything that needed to done for worshipping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the ‘pass-over’ festival, and they sacrificed burnt offerings as King Yoshiyah had commanded. 17 The Israelis who were there celebrated the ‘pass-over’ that day, then they celebrated the ‘Festival of Flat Bread’ for seven days.[ref] 18 There hadn’t been a ‘pass-over’ celebration done like that is Yisrael since the time of the prophet Shemuel (Samuel), and all of Yisrael’s kings had never done it like Yoshiyah did, along with the priests and Levites and the inhabitants of Yerushalem and across all Yehudah and Yisrael. 19 They celebrated that festival in the eighteenth year of Yoshiyah’s reign.

35 and_ Yʼoshiy^yāh _he/it _made in/on/at/with_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) a _passover to/for_YHWH and_slaughtered the_passover _lamb in/on/at/with_four teen of _the_month the_first.
2 And_appointed the_priests on offices _of_their and_encouraged_them in_service _of the _house _of YHWH.
3 And_he/it _said to _the_Lēviyyiy the_taught[fn] to/from_all/each/any/every Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the_holy to/for_YHWH put DOM the _box _of the_holy in/on/at/with_house which he _built Shəlomoh/(Solomon) the _son _of Dāvid the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) there_will_not_be to/for_you(pl) a _burden in/on/at/with_shoulders now serve DOM YHWH god _of_your(pl) and_DOM people _of_his Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).
4 And_prepare[fn][fn] by_houses _of ancestral _of_your(pl) by_divisions _of_your(pl) in/on/at/with_written _of Dāvid the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_in/on/at/with_written _of Shəlomoh son _of_his.
5 And_stand in/on/at/with_holy _place according _to_groupings _of the _house _of the_ancestral of_brothers _of_your(pl) the _sons _of the_people and_division _of the_house _of an _ancestor of _the_Lēviyyiy.
6 And_slaughter the_passover and_consecrate and_prepare for_brothers _of_your(pl) for_doing according _to_message _of YHWH in/on/at/with_hand _of Mosheh.
7 and_ Yʼoshiy^yāh/(Josiah) _contributed to_sons _of the_people flock[s] lambs and_the _sons goats the_all for _the_passover _offerings to/from_all/each/any/every the_present to_number _of thirty thousand and_bulls three _of thousand(s) these from_possessions _of the_king’s.
8 and_officials _of_his with_freewill _offering to _the_people to _the_priests and_to _the_Lēviyyiy they _contributed Ḩilqiy^yāh and_Zəkar^yāh and_Yəḩī^ʼēl/(Yəˊī^ʼēl/(Jehiel)) the _officers _of the _house _of the_ʼElohīm to _the_priests they _gave for _the_passover _offerings two _thousand and_six hundred(s) and_bulls three hundred(s).
9 And_Kōnan^yāhū/(Conaniah)[fn] and_Shəmaˊ^yāh and_Nətan^ʼēl brothers _of_his and_Ḩₐshaⱱ^yāh and_Yəˊī^ʼēl/(Jeiel) and_Yōzāⱱād/(Jozabad) the _leaders _of the_Lēviyyiy they _contributed to _the_Lēviyyiy for _the_passover _offerings five _of thousand(s) and_bulls five hundred(s).
10 And_prepared the_service and_they _stood the_priests at place _of_their and_the_Lēviyyiy on divisions _of_their according _to_command _of the_king’s.
11 And_slaughtered the_passover and_sprinkled the_priests from_hand _of_them and_the_Lēviyyiy were_skinning_them.
12 And_set _aside the_burnt _offerings so _that_give_them to_groupings of_houses _of ancestors of_sons _of the_people to_offer to/for_YHWH as _the_written in/on/at/with_book _of Mosheh and_thus/so/as _follows with _the_bulls.
13 And_roasted the_passover in/on/at/with_fire according _to _the_ordinance and_the_holy _offerings they _boiled in/on/at/with_pots and_in/on/at/with_kettles and_in/on/at/with_pans and_carried _quickly to/from_all/each/any/every the _children _of the_people.
14 And_after they _prepared to/for_them and_for _the_priests if/because the_priests the _descendants _of ʼAhₐron in/on/at/with_offering the_burnt _offerings and_the_fat until night and_the_Lēviyyiy they _prepared to/for_them and_for _the_priests the _descendants _of ʼAhₐron.
15 And_the_singers the _descendants _of ʼĀşāf were_at stations _of_their according _to_command _of Dāvid and_ʼĀşāf and_Hēymān and_Yədūtūn/(Jeduthun) the _seer _of the_king and_the_gatekeepers at_gate and_gate[fn] there_was_not to/for_them to_depart from_under service _of_their if/because brothers _of_their the_Lēviyyiy they _prepared to/for_them.
16 And_ all _of _prepared the _service _of YHWH in _the_day (the)_that for_doing the_passover and_ burnt _offerings _offer on the _altar _of YHWH according _to_command _of the_king Yʼoshiy^yāh/(Josiah).
17 And_they _made the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the_present DOM the_passover in/on/at/with_time the_that and_DOM the _festival _of the_unleavened _bread seven _of days.
18 And_not a _passover it _had _been _observed like_it in/on/at/with_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) since_days _of Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) the_prophet and_all (the)_kings _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not they _had _observed such _a_passover which he _observed Yʼoshiy^yāh and_the_priests and_the_Lēviyyiy and_all Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the_present and_inhabitants _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).
19 in/on/at/with_eight teen year of_(the)_reign of _Yʼoshiy^yāh it _was _observed the_passover the_this.

35:3 OSHB variant note: ה/מבונים: (x-qere) ’הַ/מְּבִינִ֨ים’: lemma_d/995 morph_HTd/Vhrmpa id_14LZM הַ/מְּבִינִ֨ים

35:4 OSHB note: Marks an anomalous form.

35:4 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

35:9 OSHB variant note: ו/כונניהו: (x-qere) ’וְ֠/כָֽנַנְיָהוּ’: lemma_c/3562 n_1.0.1.1 morph_HC/Np id_141sn וְ֠/כָֽנַנְיָהוּ

35:15 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

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Prophets of the Old Testament before 800 B.C.

If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.

• Deborah (1216 B.C.) [Judges 4:4] => Baal-tamar?
• Samuel (1070 B.C.) [1 Samuel 3:20; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 35:18] => Ramah
• Gad (1018 B.C.) [2 Samuel 24:11; 1 Chronicles 21:9; 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25] => Masada?
• Nathan (1000 B.C.) [2 Samuel 12:1; 1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25] => Jerusalem
• Asaph (1000 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 29:30] => Jerusalem
• Ahijah (935 B.C.) [1 Kings 11:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29] => Jerusalem
• Shemaiah (930 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 12:2-15] => Jerusalem
• Iddo (913 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 9:29; 12:15; 13:22] => Jerusalem
• Jehu son of Hanani (890 B.C.) [1 Kings 16:1-7; 2 Chronicles 19:2] => Samaria?
• Azariah (890 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 15:1-8] => Jerusalem
• Elijah (860 B.C.) [1 Kings 18:36] => Samaria
• Micaiah (853 B.C.) [1 Kings 22:8-23; 2 Chronicles 18:7-22] => Samaria
• Jahaziel (853 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 20:14] => Jerusalem
• Eliezer (853 B.C.) [2 Chronicles 20:37] => Mareshah
• Elisha (850 B.C.) [1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 2:15] => Samaria
• Joel (835 B.C.) [Joel 1:1] => Jerusalem

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Prophets of the Old Testament before 800 B.C.

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