2 Chronicles 15:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 They gathered at Jerusalem in the third month[a] of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign, 11 and sacrificed to the Lord on that day seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the spoils they had brought. 12 (A)They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul;
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- 15:10–12 With this description of a covenant ceremony in “the third month” of a year beginning in the spring, the Chronicler provides a basis for the later understanding of the ancient Jewish spring feast of Weeks as a commemoration of the covenant on Mount Sinai; see Ex 19:1–3; Lv 23:16 and note on Lv 23:16–21. In the Greek period the feast came to be called Pentecost, from the Greek word for “fifty,” i.e., fifty days or seven weeks after Passover. The Chronicler’s presentation here has also influenced the celebration of Christian Pentecost as the “birthday of the Church”; cf. Acts 2.
2 Chronicles 15:10-12
New International Version
10 They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month(A) of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11 At that time they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder(B) they had brought back. 12 They entered into a covenant(C) to seek the Lord,(D) the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul.
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