2 Chronicles 30:15

New Century Version

They killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed, so they made themselves holy and brought burnt offerings into the Temple of the Lord.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:15

These Levites gathered their brothers together and made themselves holy for service in the Temple. Then they went into the Temple of the Lord to purify it. They obeyed the king’s command that had come from the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:32

For burnt offerings they brought a total of seventy bulls, one hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs; all these animals were sacrificed as burnt offerings to the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:34

There were not enough priests to skin all the animals for the burnt offerings. So their relatives the Levites helped them until the work was finished and other priests could be made holy. The Levites had been more careful to make themselves holy for the Lord’s service than the priests.

2 Chronicles 30:13

In the second month a large crowd came together in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

2 Chronicles 30:2

King Hezekiah, his officers, and all the people in Jerusalem agreed to celebrate the Passover in the second month.

2 Chronicles 30:24

Hezekiah king of Judah gave one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep to the people. The officers gave one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep to the people. Many priests made themselves holy.

2 Chronicles 30:3

They could not celebrate it at the normal time, because not enough priests had made themselves ready to serve the Lord, and the people had not yet gathered in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 31:18

The Levites’ babies, wives, sons, and daughters also got part of the collection. This was done for all the Levites who were listed in the family histories, because they always kept themselves ready to serve the Lord.

2 Chronicles 35:6

Kill the Passover lambs, and make yourselves holy to the Lord. Prepare the lambs for your relatives, the people of Israel, as the Lord through Moses commanded us to do.”

2 Chronicles 5:11

Then all the priests left the Holy Place. (All the priests from each group had made themselves ready to serve the Lord.)

Ezra 6:20

The priests and Levites had made themselves clean. Then the Levites killed the Passover lambs for all the people who had returned from captivity, for their relatives the priests, and for themselves.

Exodus 19:10

The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and have them spend today and tomorrow preparing themselves. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:22

Even the priests, who may come near me, must first prepare themselves. If they don’t, I, the Lord, will punish them.”

Numbers 9:11

But celebrate it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. Eat the lamb with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast.