2 Chronicles 30:21

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The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the LORD every day with all their might.

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  • Exod 12:15 : 15 For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. Surely on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel.
  • Exod 13:6 : 6 For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the LORD.
  • Lev 23:6 : 6 Then 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.
  • Deut 12:7 : 7 Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages(since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).
  • Deut 16:14 : 14 You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages.
  • 2 Chr 7:10 : 10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the LORD had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.
  • 2 Chr 20:21 : 21 He met with the people and appointed musicians to play before the LORD and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said:“Give thanks to the LORD, for his loyal love endures.”
  • 2 Chr 29:25-27 : 25 Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the LORD’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered.(The LORD had actually given these orders through his prophets.) 26 The Levites had David’s musical instruments and the priests had trumpets. 27 Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the LORD, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel.
  • 2 Chr 30:26 : 26 There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.
  • Neh 8:10 : 10 He said to them,“Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
  • Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp! 4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute! 5 Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals!
  • Luke 22:1 : 1 Judas’ Decision to Betray Jesus Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.
  • Luke 22:7 : 7 The Passover Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
  • Acts 2:46 : 46 Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,
  • 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough– you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!

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  • 2 Chr 30:22-23
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    22Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, who demonstrated great skill in serving the LORD. They feasted for the seven days of the festival, and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their ancestors.

    23The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days.

  • 2 Chr 29:30
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    30King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the LORD, using the psalms of David and Asaph the prophet. So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped.

  • 2 Chr 7:6
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    6The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the LORD.(These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the LORD and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying,“Certainly his loyal love endures.”) Opposite the Levites, the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

  • Neh 12:27
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    27The Wall of Jerusalem is Dedicated At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

  • 2 Chr 35:17
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    17So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

  • 2 Chr 30:25-27
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    25The celebration included the entire assembly of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the entire assembly of those who came from Israel, the resident foreigners who came from the land of Israel and those who were residents of Judah.

    26There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.

    27The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The LORD responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

  • Ezra 6:21-22
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    21The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the LORD God of Israel.

    22They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the LORD had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:19
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    19Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 15:28
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    28All Israel brought up the ark of the LORD’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.

  • 2 Chr 20:28
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    28They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 30:20
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    20The LORD responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people.

  • 2 Chr 29:26-28
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    26The Levites had David’s musical instruments and the priests had trumpets.

    27Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the LORD, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel.

    28The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed.

  • 1 Chr 23:30
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    30They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the LORD. They also did this in the evening

  • 2 Chr 5:12-13
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    12All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets.

    13The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the LORD, singing:“Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the LORD’s temple.

  • 1 Chr 15:16
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    16David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.

  • 1 Chr 13:8
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    8while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

  • Neh 12:43
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    43And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away.

  • 1 Chr 16:4
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    4He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the LORD, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the LORD God of Israel.

  • Num 28:17
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    17And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival. For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten.

  • Ps 147:1
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    1Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!

  • Ezra 3:10-11
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    10When the builders established the LORD’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, and the Levites(the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the LORD according to the instructions left by King David of Israel.

    11With antiphonal response they sang, praising and glorifying the LORD:“For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever.” All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the LORD when the temple of the LORD was established.

  • Exod 13:6
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    6For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the LORD.

  • Job 21:12
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    12They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.

  • Isa 30:29
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    29You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the LORD, the Rock who shelters Israel.

  • Lev 23:6
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    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.

  • Neh 12:47
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    47So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

  • Ps 149:1-3
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    71%

    1Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly!

    2Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their King!

    3Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!

  • Ps 33:2
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    2Give thanks to the LORD with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

  • 2 Chr 7:9-10
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    9On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days.

    10On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the LORD had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

  • 2 Chr 31:2
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    2The People Contribute to the Temple Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks– to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary.

  • Ps 135:21
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    21The LORD deserves praise in Zion– he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

  • 2 Chr 30:13
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    13A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.

  • Ps 147:7
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    7Offer to the LORD a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp!

  • Ezra 6:16
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    16The people of Israel– the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles– observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy.

  • Isa 38:20
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    20The LORD is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the LORD’s temple.”

  • Neh 8:18
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    18Ezra read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly as was required.

  • 2 Chr 7:3
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    3When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the LORD’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying,“Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

  • Zeph 3:14
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    14Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!