Cleansing of the Temple. ^13 [a]Since the Passover^[b] of the Jews was near,^(A) Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Chapter 5^[a]

Cure on a Sabbath. ¹ After this, there was a feast^[b] of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.^(A)

⁴ The Jewish feast of Passover was near.^(A)

The Trial Before Pilate. ^28 (A)Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium.^[a] It was morning. And they themselves did not enter the praetorium, in order not to be defiled so that they could eat the Passover.

¹⁰ the Lord said to Moses: Go to the people and have them sanctify themselves today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments ¹¹ and be ready for the third day; for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

¹⁵ He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.”

⁶ There were some, however, who were unclean because of a human corpse and so could not celebrate the Passover that day. These men came up to Moses and Aaron that same day ⁷ and they said to them, “Although we are unclean because of a human corpse, why should we be deprived of presenting the Lord’s offering at its prescribed time along with other Israelites?” ⁸ Moses answered them, “Wait so that I can learn what the Lord will command in your regard.”

⁹ The Lord then said to Moses: ¹⁰ Speak to the Israelites: “If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean because of a human corpse, or is absent on a journey, you may still celebrate the Lord’s Passover. ¹¹ But you shall celebrate it in the second month,^(A) on the fourteenth day of that month during the evening twilight, eating it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, ¹² and not leaving any of it over till morning, nor breaking any of its bones,^(B) but observing all the statutes of the Passover. ¹³ However, anyone who is clean and not away on a journey, who yet fails to celebrate the Passover, shall be cut off from the people, for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the prescribed time. That person shall bear the consequences of this sin.

¹⁴ “If an alien^[a] who lives among you would celebrate the Lord’s Passover, it shall be celebrated according to the statutes and regulations for the Passover. You shall have the same law for the resident alien as for the native of the land.”^(C)

¹² they shall purify themselves with the water on the third and on the seventh day, and then be clean. But if they fail to purify themselves on the third and on the seventh day, they will not become clean.

⁶ only at the place which the Lord, your God, will choose as the dwelling place of his name, and in the evening at sunset, at the very time when you left Egypt, shall you sacrifice the Passover.^(A)

Chapter 30

Invitation to Passover. ¹ Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah, and even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying that they should come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel.^{(A) 2 (B)}The king, his princes, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to celebrate the Passover during the second month. ³ They could not celebrate it at the regular time because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient numbers, and the people were not gathered at Jerusalem.