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Slay the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and on behalf of your brethren make preparations, doing what the Lord commanded through Moses.”

Then Josiah contributed to the common people, as Passover offerings for all those who were present, a flock of thirty thousand lambs and goats, in addition to three thousand bulls. All these were from the king’s own property. His officials also contributed willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offering two thousand six hundred lambs and three hundred bulls.

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