Many people came together at Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread {\cf2\super [366]} in the second month. It was a very large crowd.
The people had not celebrated a Passover like this since the days that the judges ruled Israel. None of the kings of Israel or the Kings of Judah ever had such a big celebration for Passover.
Those people took away the altars in Jerusalem that were for false gods. They also took away all the incense altars that were for false gods. They threw those altars into the Kidron Valley.
Then they killed the Passover lamb on the 14th day of the second month. The priests and the Levites felt ashamed. They made themselves ready for holy service. The priests and the Levites brought burnt offerings {\cf2\super [367]} into the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [368]}
“Tell these things to the people of Israel: This rule will be for you and your descendants. [141] Maybe a person is not able to celebrate Passover [142] at the right time. Maybe that person is unclean [143] because he touched a dead body. Or maybe that person was away on a trip.