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JULY 19
place and against its inhabitants, and you
humbled yourself before Me, and you tore
your clothes and wept before Me, I also have
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heard you,” says the LORD. “Surely I will gath- 35:3 the holy ark. The ark of the covenant
er you to your fathers, and you shall be gath- which was to remain in the Most Holy Place
ered to your grave in peace; and your eyes had been removed, probably by Manasseh
shall not see all the calamity which I will bring who set a carved image in its place (33:7).The
on this place and its inhabitants.” ’ ” So they law for the carrying of the ark during the tab-
brought back word to the king. ernacle days, when it was portable, called for
29 Then the king sent and gathered all the poles to be place through rings on the sides
elders of Judah and Jerusalem. The king and Levites (Kohathites) to carry it by the
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went up to the house of the LORD, with all the poles without touching it (Ex. 25:14,15). Now
men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa- that the temple was built and the ark had a
lem—the priests and the Levites, and all the permanent place, it no longer needed to be
people, great and small. And he read in their transported in the old way.
hearing all the words of the Book of the
Covenant which had been found in the house
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of the LORD. Then the king stood in his place offerings for all who were present, to the num-
and made a covenant before the LORD, to fol- ber of thirty thousand, as well as three thousand
low the LORD, and to keep His commandments cattle; these were from the king’s possessions.
and His testimonies and His statutes with all 8 And his leaders gave willingly to the people, to
his heart and all his soul, to perform the words the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah,
of the covenant that were written in this book. and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to
32 And he made all who were present in Jerusa- the priests for the Passover offerings two thou-
lem and Benjamin take a stand. So the inhabi- sand six hundred from the flock, and three
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tants of Jerusalem did according to the hundred cattle. Also Conaniah, his brothers
covenant of God, the God of their fathers. Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah and
33 Thus Josiah removed all the abominations Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave to
from all the country that belonged to the chil- the Levites for Passover offerings five thou-
dren of Israel, and made all who were present sand from the flock and five hundred cattle.
in Israel diligently serve the LORD their God. 10 So the service was prepared, and the
All his days they did not depart from following priests stood in their places, and the Levites in
the LORD God of their fathers. their divisions, according to the king’s com-
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Now Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD mand. And they slaughtered the Passover of-
35 in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the ferings; and the priests sprinkled the blood with
Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the their hands, while the Levites skinned the ani-
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first month. And he set the priests in their mals. Then they removed the burnt offerings
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duties and encouraged them for the service of that they might give them to the divisions of
the house of the LORD. Then he said to the the fathers’ houses of the lay people, to offer
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Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Mo-
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the LORD: “Put the holy ark in the house which ses. And so they did with the cattle. Also they
Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. roasted the Passover offerings with fire
It shall no longer be a burden on your shoul- according to the ordinance; but the other holy
ders. Now serve the LORD your God and His offerings they boiled in pots, in caldrons, and
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people Israel. Prepare yourselves according to in pans, and divided them quickly among all
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your fathers’ houses, according to your divi- the lay people. Then afterward they prepared
sions, following the written instruction of David portions for themselves and for the priests,
king of Israel and the written instruction of Sol- because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were
omon his son. And stand in the holy place busy in offering burnt offerings and fat until
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according to the divisions of the fathers’ hous- night; therefore the Levites prepared portions
es of your brethren the lay people, and accord- for themselves and for the priests, the sons of
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ing to the division of the father’s house of the Aaron. And the singers, the sons of Asaph,
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Levites. So slaughter the Passover offerings, were in their places, according to the com-
consecrate yourselves, and prepare them for mand of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun
your brethren, that they may do according to the king’s seer. Also the gatekeepers were at
the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.” each gate; they did not have to leave their
7 Then Josiah gave the lay people lambs and position, because their brethren the Levites
young goats from the flock, all for Passover prepared portions for them.
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