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18 The 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.[a] For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive[b] 19 everyone who has determined to follow God,[c] the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”[d] 20 The Lord responded favorably[e] to Hezekiah and forgave[f] the people.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 30:18 tn Heb “without what is written.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 30:18 tn Heb “make atonement for.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 30:19 tn Heb “everyone [who] has prepared his heart to seek God.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 30:19 tn Heb “and not according to the purification of the holy place.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 30:20 tn Heb “listened.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 30:20 tn Heb “healed.”