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OET-RV by cross-referenced section 2 KI 23:21

2 KI 23:21–23:23 ©

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The celebration of ‘pass-over’

2 Ki 23:21–23

2 Chr 35:1–19

21Then the king commanded all the people, “Celebrate ‘pass-over’ for your God Yahweh according to what’s written on this scroll with the agreement.” 22Since the days of the leaders who judged Yisrael, or in all the days of the kings of Yisrael and Yehudah, a ‘pass-over’ had never been celebrated like that one 23in the eighteenth year of King Yoshiyyah’s reign. That ‘pass-over’ celebration in Yerushalem was to honour Yahweh.

35Then King Yoshiyah prepared a ‘pass-over’ celebration in Yerushalem, and they slaughtered the lambs at the end of March . 2He assigned the priests to the various tasks that needed to be done, and encouraged them to do their work well. 3He 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 4and prepare yourselves in your clan divisions as per the instructions written by Yisrael’s King David and his son Shelomoh.[ref] 5Then stand in the temple area, grouped by your clans and ready to help the other tribes. 6Consecrate yourselves and slaughter the ‘pass-over’ lambs for the people as per the instructions given through Mosheh (Moses) by Yahweh.

7King 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. 8His 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. 9The Levite leaders Konanyah and his younger brothers Shemayah, Netanel, along with Hashavyah, Yeiel, and Yozavad together contributed five thousand lambs and three hundred bulls.

10So everything was prepared as the king had commanded, and the priests stood at their places, and the Levites were there in their various divisions 11and they slaughtered the ‘pass-over’ lambs, then the priests sprinkled the blood while the Levites skinned the animals. 12They 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. 13They 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] 14Afterwards, 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. 15The 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]

16So 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. 17The Israelis who were there celebrated the ‘pass-over’ that day, then they celebrated the ‘Festival of Flat Bread’ for seven days.[ref] 18There 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. 19They celebrated that festival in the eighteenth year of Yoshiyah’s reign.


Collected OET-RV cross-references

2Ch 8:14:

14Then as his father David had instructed, he assigned the priests into divisions for their various tasks, and the Levites who would praise and minister in front of the priests and help in their daily tasks, and gatekeepers in their divisions at the various gates. That was all what David, the man of God had commanded.

Exo 12:8-9:

8They must roast them on the fire and eat the meat that night, along with flat bread and bitter herbs. 9Don’t eat any of the meat raw and don’t boil it in water—it must be roasted over the fire with its head, legs, and internal organs.

1Ch 25:1:

25Then David and the army chiefs allocated the musical service to the sons of Asaf, Heyman, and Yedutun—the ones prophesying with harps, with lyres, and with cymbals. This is a list of the men whom they chose for that work:

Exo 12:1-20:

12Then Yahweh told Mosheh and Aharon in Egypt,[ref] 2“This month is to become the beginning of the months for you all—from now on it will be the first month of the new year. 3Assemble the people and tell them that on the tenth of this month, every man who’s the head of the household must select a lamb or young goat for his family. 4But if the household’s too small to cook a whole animal, then neighbours can combine and share—budgeting on how much each person eats. 5You all can choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a perfect, one-year-old male—without any defects. 6You all must take special care of those animals until the fourteenth day of this month, then every Israeli household will slaughter their animal early that evening. 7Then they must take some of the blood and put it on both doorposts and on the lintel of the houses that they’ll be in when they eat it. 8They must roast them on the fire and eat the meat that night, along with flat bread and bitter herbs. 9Don’t eat any of the meat raw and don’t boil it in water—it must be roasted over the fire with its head, legs, and internal organs. 10Nothing must be left by morning—anything that’s not eaten must be burnt in the fire. 11And this is how you all must eat it: with your belts fastened on your waists, your sandals on your feet, and your staffs in your hands. You all must eat it in a hurry. It is the Passover to Yahweh.

12Then during that night, I will move throughout Egypt and I will kill all the oldest malesboth people and animals. I will execute judgement on all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh. 13That blood on the doorposts and lintel will be your sign on the houses which you are all in. I will see the blood and will pass over above you all, and the plague won’t affect you all with destruction as I strike against Egypt. 14Then this day will become a memorial for you all, and you’ll celebrate it as a festival to Yahweh for future generations—a statute that you’ll all celebrate forever.[ref]

15For seven days you all must only eat flat bread made without yeast. Yes, on the first day you all must remove any yeast from your houses, because anyone who eats bread with yeast during those seven days, that person must be permanently driven out of Yisrael. 16On the first day, you all must gather for a sacred assembly, and similarly on the seventh day. No work can be done on those days other than meal preparation. 17You all must regularly observe the Flat Bread Celebration, because on this very day I will have brought your divisions out from Egypt. You all must observe this day throughout future generations—a statute that you’ll all celebrate forever. 18Starting on 14th of the first month in the evening, you all must eat only flat bread until the 21st day of the month in the evening. 19For seven days you all must have no yeast in your homes, because anyone who eats bread with yeast in it, that person must be driven out from the Israeli people whether they’re a foreigner or a native. 20You all mustn’t eat anything made with yeast. Wherever you live, you all must only eat flat bread.


12:1-13: Lev 23:5; Num 9:1-5; 28:16; Deu 16:1-2.

12:14-20: Exo 23:15; 34:18; Lev 23:6-8; Num 28:17-25; Deu 16:3-8.