2 Chronicles 30:15

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They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the LORD’s temple.

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  • 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves.(The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.)
  • 2 Chr 30:24 : 24 King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep for the assembly, while the officials supplied them with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.
  • 2 Chr 31:18 : 18 and to all the infants, wives, sons, and daughters of the entire assembly listed in the genealogical records, for they faithfully consecrated themselves.
  • Ezek 16:61-63 : 61 Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you. 62 I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the LORD. 63 Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent because of your disgrace when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.’”
  • Ezek 43:10-11 : 10 “As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern. 11 When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design– all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them.
  • Exod 19:10 : 10 The LORD said to Moses,“Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes
  • Exod 19:22 : 22 Let the priests also, who approach the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break through against them.”
  • 2 Chr 5:11 : 11 The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented.
  • 2 Chr 29:15 : 15 They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the LORD’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 28:16-17
    2 verses
    78%

    16Passover and Unleavened Bread“‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.

    17And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival. For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten.

  • 2 Chr 30:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1Hezekiah Observes the Passover Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem and observe a Passover celebration for the LORD God of Israel.

    2The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

    3They were unable to observe it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 6:19-20
    2 verses
    78%

    19The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

    20The priests and the Levites had purified themselves, every last one, and they all were ceremonially pure. They sacrificed the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their colleagues the priests, and for themselves.

  • 2 Chr 30:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them.

    17Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the LORD.

    18The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying:“May the LORD, who is good, forgive

  • 2 Chr 35:10-14
    5 verses
    77%

    10Preparations were made, and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.

    11They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood, while the Levites skinned the animals.

    12They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the LORD, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses.

    13They cooked the Passover sacrifices over the open fire as prescribed and cooked the consecrated offerings in pots, kettles, and pans. They quickly served them to all the people.

    14Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

  • 2 Chr 35:1
    76%

    1Josiah Observes the Passover Josiah observed a Passover festival for the LORD in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

  • 2 Chr 29:15-18
    4 verses
    76%

    15They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the LORD’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the LORD.

    16The priests then entered the LORD’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the LORD’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.

    17On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the LORD’s temple. For eight more days they consecrated the LORD’s temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished.

    18They went to King Hezekiah and said:“We have purified the entire temple of the LORD, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment.

  • 2 Chr 30:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.

    14They removed the altars in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.

  • Num 9:11
    74%

    11They may observe it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight; they are to eat it with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs.

  • Lev 23:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the LORD.

    6Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

  • Ezek 45:21
    74%

    21“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for the seven days of the festival bread made without yeast will be eaten.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    74%

    14The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 29:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. The king told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the LORD.

    22They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar.

  • 2 Chr 29:34
    72%

    34But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves.(The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.)

  • 2 Chr 35:6
    72%

    6Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to celebrate according to the LORD’s message which came through Moses.”

  • 2 Chr 35:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16So all the preparations for the LORD’s service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the LORD, as prescribed by King Josiah.

    17So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

  • Ezek 45:18
    71%

    18“‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary.

  • Exod 12:6
    71%

    6You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown.

  • Luke 22:7
    71%

    7The Passover Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

  • Num 9:3
    71%

    3In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs.”

  • Num 29:17
    71%

    17“‘On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

  • Num 9:5
    71%

    5And they observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the desert of Sinai; in accordance with all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did.

  • 2 Chr 30:5
    70%

    5So they sent an edict throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people to come and observe a Passover for the LORD God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law.

  • 2 Kgs 23:23
    70%

    23But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, such a Passover of the LORD was observed in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    70%

    5He said to them:“Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the LORD God of your ancestors! Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!

  • 2 Chr 36:14
    69%

    14All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the LORD’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 35:19
    69%

    19This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.

  • Ezra 3:4
    69%

    4They observed the Feast of Shelters as required and offered the proper number of daily burnt offerings according to the requirement for each day.

  • Exod 12:18
    69%

    18In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.

  • Neh 12:30
    69%

    30When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

  • 2 Chr 34:5
    69%

    5He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Num 8:15
    69%

    15“After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering.