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And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the children of the people, [a]and let there be for each a portion of a father’s house of the Levites. And kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses.

And Josiah [b]gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the passover-offerings, unto all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s substance.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 35:5 Or, and according to the distribution of each father’s house
  2. 2 Chronicles 35:7 Or, gave for offerings (and so in verses 8, 9). See 30:24.

“Stand in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families of your fellow Israelites, the lay people. Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves(A) and prepare the lambs for your fellow Israelites, doing what the Lord commanded through Moses.”

Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings,(B) and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions.(C)

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