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Josiah Restores the Passover

2 Kings 23:21

In 11 translations

BSB
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
KJV
¶ And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
WEB
The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
ASV
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
LSV
And the king commands the whole of the people, saying, “Make a Passover to your God YHWH, as it is written on this scroll of the covenant.”
YLT
And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, 'Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.'
DBY
And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.Elohim
DRC
And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant.
GNV
Then the king commanded all the people, saying, Keepe the passeouer vnto the Lord your God, as it is written in the booke of this couenant.
JPS
And the king commanded all the people, saying: 'Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.'
LXXE
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיְצַ֤ו הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֣ם לֵאמֹ֔ר עֲשׂ֣וּ פֶ֔סַח לַֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם כַּכָּת֕וּב עַ֛ל סֵ֥פֶר הַבְּרִ֖ית הַזֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐνετείλατο ὁ βασιλεὺς παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, λέγων, ποιήσατε πάσχα τῷ Κυρίῳ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐπὶ βιβλίου τῆς διαθήκης ταύτης.

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👤 God◆ Reign of Josiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Deuteronomy 16:1–8Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice…
  • Numbers 9:2–5“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” So Moses…
  • Leviticus 23:5–8The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened…
  • Exodus 12:3–20Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the…
  • 2 Chronicles 35:1–19Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service…
  • Numbers 28:16–25The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. On the first day there is to be a sacred…

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