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therefore the Levites had_the_charge_| B.C.’ of the_killing_of the passovers forevery_ one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto 4 the Lorp.
any of fepiratan jl Sasles tl Sete many 0 an char, and Zebulun, had not cleansed_ themselves, yet did_they_eat «the pass- over otherwise than it was - written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, say- ing, “The good / Lorp ‘pardon every_ one
19 That sprepareth his heart to seek x=God, / the Lorp =God_of his fathers, 13. nee though he be not cleansed according_to| him, Jehi the_purification_of the sanctuary.”
20 And J the Lorp hearkened to Heze- kiah, and healed «the people.
21 And the_schildren_of Israél x+that were_/ present at Jerusalem kept -the_ feast_of x=unleavened_bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised / the Lorp day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the Lorp.
= And Hezekiah spake ‘comfortably unto all the Levites xsthat taught the| he: good knowledge of Jthe Lorp: and they ee _eat ee the feast seven xdays, s« offering peace_offerings, and -making_confession to *the Lorp =God_of their fathers.
23 And the whole xassembly took_| OTHER counsel to keep other seven days: and a they kept other seven days with_glad- ;
ness.
24 For Hezekiah king_of Judah did_ give to the ascongregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep ; and the princes gave to the 4s congre- gation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number_ of priests sanctified_themselves.
% And all the _«s congregation _ of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the «s congregation that came out_of Israél, and the strangers x+that came out_of the_land_of Israél, and xithat dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26 So there was great joy in Jeru- salem: for since the time_of Solomon the_son_of David king_of Israél there was not the like in Jerusalem.
27 Then the priests the Levites arose |27. Ni and blessed the people: and their) 22. voice was_heard, and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling_place, even unto ¢ x-heayen,
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S NOW when all this was_finished, all Israél xsthat were_/ present blared to bs Siar Ju ri = e the images in_pieces, and cut_ down the groves, and threw_down -the high_places and rthe altars out_of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also}. s and Manasseh, until they had_utterly_ |‘ destroyed_them_all. Then all the_ schildren_of Israél return tevery_ man to his possession, into their_own
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peace_offerings, to minister, and to give_ thanks, and to praise in the_gates_of the_c tents_of J the Lorp.
8 He appointed also the king’s portion of his substance for the «burnt_ofterings, to wit, for the morning and xevening aburnt_offerings, and the « burnt_offer- ings for the sabbaths, and for the new_ moons, and for the set_feasts, as it is written in the_law_of "the Lorp.
4 Moreover he commanded the people +that_dwelt in Jerusalem to give the_ portion_of the priests and the Levites, that they might_be_encouraged in the_ law-of ! the Lorp.
> And as_soon_as the commandment came_abroad, the_schildren_of Israél brought in abundance the_firstfruits_of corn, “wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the_increase_of the field ; and the_ tithe_of all things brought they in abundantly.
6 And concerning the-_s children_of Israél and Judah, x+that dwelt in the. cities_of Judah, thep also brought_in_ the_tithe_of oxen and sheep, and the_ tithe_of holy_things x+which were_con- secrated unto Jthe Lorp their =God, and laid them by heaps.
7 In the third xmonth they began to lay_the_foundation_of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh xmonth.
8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw «the heaps, they blessed J-the Lorp, and His people Israél.
*Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10 And Azariah the chief xpriest of the_house_of Zadok answered him, and said,;“Since the people began to bring the Aofferings into the_house_of / the Lorp, we ‘haye_had enough to eat, and have_left plenty: for Jthe Lorp shath_ blessed His -people; and that which_ is_left 7s xthis xgreat_store.”
11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare cchambers in the _ house _of
the Lorp » and they prepared them,
2 And brought-_in «the / offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Leyite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
13 And Jehiél, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahél, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were over- seers under the_hand_of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the.command- ment_of Hezekiah the king, and Aza- riah the_ruler_of the_house_of x=God.
14 And Koré the_son_of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the_freewill_offerings_of x=God, to distribute the_h oblations_of /the Lorn, and hothe =most =holy_things.
16 And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the_cities_ of: the priests, in their oset_office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small :
16 Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old ang upward, even unto every_one x+that entereth into thehouse_of 4! the Lor», his daily por-