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2 Chronicles 30:21

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The Israelites in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy to the Lord. The Levites and priests praised the Lord every day with loud music.

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Jehoshaphat listened to the people’s advice. Then he chose men to be singers to the Lord, to praise him because he is holy and wonderful. As they marched in front of the army, they said, “Thank the Lord, because his love continues forever.”

King Hezekiah and his officers ordered the Levites to praise the Lord, using the words David and Asaph the seer had used. So they praised God with joy and bowed down and worshiped.

But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun were sorry for what they had done and went to Jerusalem.

There was much joy in Jerusalem, because there had not been a celebration like this since the time of Solomon son of David and king of Israel.

The Israelites who were there celebrated the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month Solomon sent the people home, full of joy. They were happy because the Lord had been so good to David, Solomon, and his people Israel.

Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy good food and sweet drinks. Send some to people who have none, because today is a holy day to the Lord. Don’t be sad, because the joy of the Lord will make you strong.”

The whole group that had come back from captivity built shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done this since the time of Joshua son of Nun. And they were very happy.

For this feast you must eat bread made without yeast for seven days. On the first day, you are to remove all the yeast from your houses. No one should eat any yeast for the full seven days of the feast, or that person will be cut off from Israel.

For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there will be a feast to honor the Lord.

The Feast of Unleavened Bread begins on the fifteenth day of the same month. You will eat bread made without yeast for seven days.

After the feast days were over, they started home. The boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents did not know it.

It was almost time for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover Feast.

The Day of Unleavened Bread came when the Passover lambs had to be sacrificed.

The believers met together in the Temple every day. They ate together in their homes, happy to share their food with joyful hearts.

There rejoice before the Lord your God. Everyone should rejoice: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns who have no land of their own.

There you will be together with the Lord your God. There you and your families will eat, and you will enjoy all the good things for which you have worked, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

Everybody should rejoice at your Feast: you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, the Levites, strangers, orphans, and widows who live in your towns.

Be full of joy in the Lord always. I will say again, be full of joy.




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