Thus the thingwas rightin the sightof the kingand allthe assembly.
Then allthe assemblysaidthat they would doso,for the thingwas rightin the eyesof allthe people.
sincethey couldnot celebrateit at that time,becausethe priestshad not consecratedthemselves in sufficientnumbers,norhad the peoplebeen gatheredto Jerusalem.
So they establisheda decreeto circulatea proclamationthroughout allIsraelfrom Beershebaeven to Dan,that they should cometo celebratethe Passoverto the LORDGodof Israelat Jerusalem.For they had not celebrated[it] in greatnumbersas it was prescribed.
