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2 Chronicles 30:2-15

2Forthekingהַמֶּ֧לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428hadtakencounselוַיִּוָּעַ֨ץvai.yi.va.'AtzH3289,andhisprincesH8269,andalltheassemblyהַקָּהָ֖לha.ka.HalH6951inJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,tokeepthepassoverהַפֶּ֖סַחha.Pe.sachH6453inthesecondהַשֵּׁנִֽי׃ha.she.NiH8145monthבַּחֹ֥דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320.

3FortheycouldnotkeepH6942itatthattimeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256,becausethepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.NimH3548hadnotsanctifiedH6942themselvesinsufficient number,neitherhadthepeopleוְהָעָ֖םve.ha.'AmH5971gatheredנֶאֶסְפ֥וּne.'es.FuH622themselvestogethertoJerusalemלִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Li.ru.sha.LimH3389.

4Andthethingהַדָּבָ֖רha.da.VarH1697wasrightintheeyesH5869ofthekingהַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andofalltheassemblyהַקָּהָֽל׃ha.ka.HalH6951.

5SotheyestablishedadecreetomakeH6213proclamationק֤וֹלKolH6963throughoutallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,fromBeer-shebaeventoDanדָּ֔ןDanH1835,thattheyshouldcomeלָב֞וֹאla.Vo'H935tokeepthepassoverפֶּ֛סַחPe.sachH6453untoJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵֽי־'e.lo.hei-H430ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478,atJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389:fortheyhadnotkeptitingreatnumbersinsuchsortasitiswrittenH3789.

6SothepostswentH7725withthelettersבָּֽאִגְּר֜וֹתba.'i.ge.RotH107fromthekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andhisprincesH8269throughoutallIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֔הvi.hu.DahH3063,andaccordingtothecommandmentH4687ofthekingהַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559, YechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,turnH7725againuntoJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵי֙'e.lo.HeiH430ofAbrahamאַבְרָהָם֙'av.ra.HamH85,Isaacיִצְחָ֣קyitz.ChakH3327,andIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,thathemayreturnH7725totheremnantH7604thatareescapedH6413ofyououtofthehandמִיַּ֧דmi.YadH3027ofthekingsמַלְכֵ֥יmal.KheiH4428ofAssyriaאַשּֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH804.

7Andbeתִּֽהְי֗וּtih.YuH1961notyelikeyourfathersH1,andlikeyourbrethren,whotrespassed againstJehovah,theGodאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430oftheirfathersH1,sothathegaveH5414themuptodesolationH8047,asyeseeרֹאִֽים׃ro.'ImH7200.

8Nowעַתָּ֕ה'a.TahH6258beyenotstiffnecked,asyourfathersכַּאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑םka.'a.vo.tei.KhemH1were;butyieldyourselvesuntoJehovah,andenterintohissanctuaryלְמִקְדָּשׁוֹ֙le.mik.da.ShoH4720,whichhehathsanctifiedH6942foreverלְעוֹלָ֔םle.'o.LamH5769,andserveוְעִבְדוּ֙ve.'iv.DuH5647JehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430,thathisfierceangerאַפּֽוֹ׃'a.PoH639mayturnוְיָשֹׁ֥בve.ya.ShoH7725awayH7725fromyou.

9ForifyeturnH7725againuntoJehovah,yourbrethrenandyourchildrenshallfindcompassionלְרַחֲמִים֙le.ra.cha.MimH7356beforethemthatledthemcaptiveH7617,andshallcomeagainintothislandלָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzH776:forJehovahyourGodאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430isgraciousחַנּ֤וּןcha.NunH2587andmerciful,andwillnotturnH7725awayH5493hisfaceH6440fromyou,ifyereturnH7725untohim.

10SothepostspassedH5674fromcityמֵעִ֧יר׀me.'IrH5892tocityלָעִ֛ירla.'IrH5892throughthecountryofEphraimאֶפְרַ֥יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669andManassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֖הu.me.na.ShehH4519,evenuntoZebulunזְבֻל֑וּןze.vu.LunH2074:buttheylaughedH7832themtoscorn,andmockedוּמַלְעִגִ֖יםu.mal.'i.GimH3932them.

11Neverthelessאַךְ־'akh-H389certainmenH376ofAsherמֵאָשֵׁ֥רme.'a.SherH836andManassehוּמְנַשֶּׁ֖הu.me.na.ShehH4519andofZebulunוּמִזְּבֻל֑וּןu.mi.ze.vu.LunH2074humbledH3665themselves,andcameH935toJerusalemלִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃li.ru.sha.LimH3389.

12Alsoגַּ֣םgamH1571uponJudahבִּיהוּדָ֗הbi.hu.DahH3063camethehandיַ֣דyadH3027ofGodהָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430togiveלָתֵ֥תla.TetH5414themoneאֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadH259heartלֵ֣בlevH3820,todothecommandmentH4687ofthekingהַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428andoftheprincesH8269bythewordבִּדְבַ֥רbid.VarH1697ofJehovah.

13AndthereassembledatJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ye.ru.sha.LimH3389muchpeopleעַם־'am-H5971tokeepthefeastH2282ofunleavenedהַמַּצּ֖וֹתha.ma.TzotH4682breadH4682inthesecondהַשֵּׁנִ֑יha.she.NiH8145monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,averyH3966greatassemblyקָהָ֖לka.HalH6951.

14AndtheyaroseH6965andtookawayH5493thealtarsהַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹתha.miz.be.ChotH4196thatwereinJerusalemבִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbi.ru.sha.LimH3389,andallthealtarsH4196forincenseהַֽמְקַטְּרוֹת֙ham.ka.te.rOtH6999tooktheyawayH5493,andcastH7993themintothebrookKidronקִדְרֽוֹן׃kid.RonH6939.

15Thentheykilledthepassoverהַפֶּ֔סַחha.Pe.sachH6453onthefourteenthdayofthesecondהַשֵּׁנִ֑יha.she.NiH8145monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320:andthepriestsוְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםve.ha.ko.ha.NimH3548andtheLevitesוְהַלְוִיִּ֤םve.hal.vi.YimH3881wereashamedנִכְלְמוּ֙nikh.le.MuH3637,andsanctifiedH6942themselves,andbroughtH935burnt-offeringsintothehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovah.

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