"Whenyou goout as an armyagainstyour enemies,you shall keepyourself from everyevilthing.
So Jehoshaphatlivedin Jerusalemand wentout againamong the peoplefrom Beershebato the hillcountryof Ephraimand broughtthem backto the LORD,the Godof their fathers.
ThusHezekiahdidthroughout allJudah;and he didwhat[was] good,rightand true beforethe LORDhis God.
Let not the foreignerwho has joinedhimself to the LORDsay,"The LORDwill surelyseparateme from His people."Norlet the eunuchsay,"Behold,I am a drytree."
[Some] soldierswere questioninghim, saying,"And [what about] us, whatshall we do?"And he saidto them, "Do not take moneyfrom anyoneby force,oraccuse [anyone] falsely,and be contentwith your wages."
"Ifthere is among you anymanwhois uncleanbecauseof a nocturnalemission,then he must gooutsidethe camp;he may not reenterthe camp.
"The sonsof the thirdgenerationwhoare bornto them may enterthe assemblyof the LORD.
"But as for you, onlykeepyourselves from the thingsunderthe ban,sothat you do not covet[them] and takesomeof the thingsunderthe ban,and makethe campof Israelaccursedand bringtroubleon it.
Then allthe sonsof Israeland allthe peoplewentup and cameto Betheland wept;thus they remainedtherebeforethe LORDand fastedthat dayuntilevening.And they offeredburntofferingsand peaceofferingsbeforethe LORD.
