2 Chronicles 35:2-19

2He appointedH5975 the priestsH3548 to their officesH4931 and 1encouragedH2388 them in the serviceH5656 of the houseH1004 of the LordH3068. 3He also saidH559 to 2the LevitesH3881 who taughtH995 allH3605 IsraelH3478 and who were holyH6918 to the LordH3068, “PutH5414 the holyH6944 arkH727 in the houseH1004 whichH834 SolomonH8010 the sonH1121 of DavidH1732 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 builtH1129; 3it will notH369 be a burdenH4853 on your shouldersH3802. NowH6258 serveH5647 the LordH3068 your GodH430 and His peopleH5971 IsraelH3478. 44PrepareH3559 yourselves by your fathers’H1 householdsH1004 in your divisionsH4256, according to the writingH3791 of DavidH1732 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 and 5according to the writingH4385 of his sonH1121 SolomonH8010. 5Furthermore, 6standH5975 in the holyH6944 place according to the sectionsH6391 of the fathers’H1 householdsH1004 of your countrymenH251, the 7layH1121 peopleH5971, and according to the LevitesH3881, by divisionH2515 of a father’sH1 householdH1004. 6Now 8slaughterH7819 the PassoverH6453 animals, 9keepH6942 one another consecratedH6942, and prepareH3559 for your countrymenH251 to actH6213 in accordance with the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 by MosesH4872.”

7JosiahH2977 contributedH7311 to the layH1121 peopleH5971, to allH3605 who wereH4672 presentH4672, flocksH6629 of lambsH3532 and youngH1121H5795 goatsH1121H5795, allH3605 for the PassoverH6453 offeringsH6453, numberingH4557 thirtyH7970 thousandH505, plus threeH7969 thousandH505 bullsH1241; theseH428 were from the king’sH4428 propertyH7399. 8His officersH8269 also contributedH7311 a 10voluntaryH5071 offeringH5071 to the peopleH5971, the priestsH3548, and the LevitesH3881. HilkiahH2518, ZechariahH2148, and JehielH3171, 11the officialsH5057 of the houseH1004 of GodH430, gaveH5414 the priestsH3548 2,600H505H8337H3967 from the flocks and threeH7969 hundredH3967 bullsH1241, for the PassoverH6453 offeringsH6453. 912ConaniahH3562 also, and his brothersH251 ShemaiahH8098 and NethanelH5417, and HashabiahH2811 and JeielH3262 and JozabadH3107, the officersH8269 of the LevitesH3881, contributedH7311 fiveH2568 thousandH505 from the flocks and fiveH2568 hundredH3967 bullsH1241 to the LevitesH3881 for the PassoverH6453 offeringsH6453.

10So the serviceH5656 was preparedH3559, and 13the priestsH3548 stoodH5975 at their positionsH5977 and the LevitesH3881 by their divisionsH4256 according to the king’sH4428 commandH4687. 111415They slaughteredH7819 the PassoverH6453 animals, and while 16the priestsH3548 17sprinkledH2236 the bloodH1818 received from their handH3027, 18the LevitesH3881 skinnedH6584 the animals. 12Then they removedH5493 the burntH5930 offeringsH5930 so that they might giveH5414 them to the sectionsH4653 of the fathers’H1 householdsH1004 of the layH1121 peopleH5971 to presentH7126 to the LordH3068, as it is writtenH3789 in the BookH5612 of MosesH4872. They did thisH3651 with the bullsH1241 as well. 13So 19they roastedH1310 the PassoverH6453 animals on the fireH784 according to the ordinanceH4941, and they boiledH1310 20the holyH6944 thingsH6944 in potsH5518, in kettlesH1731, and in pansH6745 and carriedH7323 them quicklyH7323 to allH3605 the layH1121 peopleH5971. 14AfterwardH310 they preparedH3559 for themselves and for the priestsH3548, becauseH3588 the priestsH3548, the sonsH1121 of AaronH175, were offeringH5927 the burntH5930 offeringsH5930 and the fatH2459 untilH5704 nightH3915; so the LevitesH3881 preparedH3559 for themselves and for the priestsH3548, the sonsH1121 of AaronH175. 15The singersH7891, the sonsH1121 of AsaphH623, were also at their positionsH4612 21according to the commandH4687 of DavidH1732, AsaphH623, HemanH1968, and JeduthunH3038 the king’sH4428 seerH2374; and 22the gatekeepersH7778 at eachH8179 gateH8179 did not haveH369 to leaveH5493 their serviceH5656, becauseH3588 their kinsmenH251 the LevitesH3881 preparedH3559 for them.

16So allH3605 the serviceH5656 of the LordH3068 was preparedH3559 on that dayH3117 to celebrateH6213 the PassoverH6453, and to offerH5927 burntH5930 offeringsH5930 on the altarH4196 of the LordH3068 according to the commandH4687 of KingH4428 JosiahH2977. 17And 23the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 who wereH4672 presentH4672 celebratedH6213 the PassoverH6453 at that timeH6256, and the FeastH2282 of UnleavenedH4682 BreadH4682 for sevenH7651 daysH3117. 1824There had not been a PassoverH6453 celebratedH6213 likeH3644 it in IsraelH3478 sinceH4480 the daysH3117 of SamuelH8050 the prophetH5030; norH3808 had anyH3605 of the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478 celebratedH6213 such a PassoverH6453 as JosiahH2977 didH6213 with the priestsH3548, the LevitesH3881, allH3605 JudahH3063 and IsraelH3478 who wereH4672 presentH4672, and the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389. 19In the eighteenthH8083H6240 yearH8141 of Josiah’sH2977 reignH4438 thisH2088 PassoverH6453 was celebratedH6213.