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2 Chronicles 35:16

So all the service of the LORD was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, in accordance with the command of King Josiah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Josiah;   Levites;   Liberality;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Passover;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Zachariah, Zacharias;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Passover (I.);   Preparation ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Josiah ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Burnt-offerings;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So all the service of the Lord was established that day for observing the Passover and for offering burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah.
Hebrew Names Version
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Pesach, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the mitzvah of king Yoshiyahu.
King James Version
So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord , according to the commandment of king Josiah.
English Standard Version
So all the service of the Lord was prepared that day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord , according to the command of King Josiah.
New Century Version
So everything was done that day for the worship of the Lord , as King Josiah commanded. The Passover was celebrated, and the burnt offerings were offered on the Lord 's altar.
New English Translation
So all the preparations for the Lord 's service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the Lord , as prescribed by King Josiah.
New American Standard Bible
So all the service of the LORD was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD according to the command of King Josiah.
World English Bible
So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So all the seruice of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keepe the Passeouer, and to offer burnt offerings vpon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandement of King Iosiah.
Legacy Standard Bible
So all the service of Yahweh was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh according to the commandment of King Josiah.
Berean Standard Bible
So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
Contemporary English Version
So on that day, Passover was celebrated to honor the Lord , and sacrifices were offered on the altar to him, just as Josiah had commanded.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus all the service of Adonai was prepared the same day for observing Pesach and offering burnt offerings on the altar of Adonai , in accordance with the order of King Yoshiyahu.
Darby Translation
And all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to hold the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Jehovah according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Easy-to-Read Version
So everything was done that day for the worship of the Lord as King Josiah commanded. The Passover was celebrated and the burnt offerings were offered on the Lord 's altar.
George Lamsa Translation
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
Good News Translation
So, as King Josiah had commanded, everything was done that day for the worship of the Lord , the keeping of the Passover Festival, and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar.
Lexham English Bible
So all the service of Yahweh was prepared on that day to keep the Passover and to sacrifice burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the command of King Josiah.
Literal Translation
And all the service of Jehovah was prepared on that day, to perform the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of King Josiah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus was all the Gods seruyce prepared the same daye, that the Passeouer mighte be kepte, and the burntsacrifices offred vpon the altare off the LORDE acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Iosias.
American Standard Version
So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Bible in Basic English
So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so all the seruice of the Lord was prepared the same day, to offer passouer, and to offer burnt offeringes vpon the aulter of the Lord, according to the commaundement of king Iosia,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
King James Version (1611)
So all the seruice of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keepe the Passeouer, and to offer burnt offerings vpon the altar of the Lord, according to the commaundement of king Iosiah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So all the service of the Lord was duly ordered and prepared in that day, for keeping the passover, and offering the whole-burnt-sacrifices on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of king Josias.
English Revised Version
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor al the religioun of the Lord was fillid riytfuli in that day, that thei maden pask, and offriden brent sacrifices on the auter of the Lord, bi the comaundement of kyng Josie.
Update Bible Version
So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Webster's Bible Translation
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
New King James Version
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
New Living Translation
The entire ceremony for the Lord 's Passover was completed that day. All the burnt offerings were sacrificed on the altar of the Lord , as King Josiah had commanded.
New Life Bible
All the work of the Lord was made ready that day to keep the Passover, and to give burnt gifts on the Lord's altar, as King Josiah had said.
New Revised Standard
So all the service of the Lord was prepared that day, to keep the passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord , according to the command of King Josiah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus was all the service of Yahweh prepared on that day; to keep the passover, and to offer up the ascending-sacrifice, upon the altar of Yahweh, - according to the commandment of King Josiah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So all the service of the Lord was duly accomplished that day, both in keeping the phase and offering holocausts upon the altar of the Lord, according to the commandment of king Josias.
Revised Standard Version
So all the service of the LORD was prepared that day, to keep the passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josi'ah.
Young's Literal Translation
And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.
THE MESSAGE
Everything went without a hitch in the worship of God that day as they celebrated the Passover and the offering of the Whole-Burnt-Offering on the Altar of God . It went just as Josiah had ordered. The Israelites celebrated the Passover, also known as the Feast of Unraised Bread, for seven days. The Passover hadn't been celebrated like this since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings had done it. But Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were there that week, plus the citizens of Jerusalem—they did it. In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So all the service of the LORD was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD according to the command of King Josiah.

Contextual Overview

1Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem; they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2He appointed the priests to their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. 3To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD he said, "Put the holy ark in the house (temple) which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it shall not be a burden [carried] on your shoulders any longer. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. 4"Prepare yourselves according to your fathers' (ancestors') households by your divisions, in accordance with the instructions of David king of Israel, and the instructions of his son Solomon. 5"And stand in the holy place [of the priests] according to the sections of the fathers' households of your fellow kinsmen the lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of [the families of] a father's household. 6"Slaughter the Passover lambs and consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your fellow countrymen to carry out (obey) the word of the LORD given by Moses." 7Then Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats numbering 30,000, all as Passover offerings, and 3,000 bulls—these were from the king's property. 8His officers also contributed a voluntary offering to the people, the priests and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 from the flocks [of lambs and young goats], and 300 bulls. 9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 from the flocks [of lambs and young goats], and 500 bulls. 10When the service was ready, the priests stood in their [assigned] places and the Levites by their divisions, in accordance with the king's command.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:21 - commandment

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you."
Genesis 35:19
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
Genesis 48:7
"Now as for me, when I came from Paddan [in Mesopotamia], Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)."
Ruth 1:2
The man's name was Elimelech and his wife's name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went to the country of Moab and stayed there.
2 Kings 5:19
Elisha said to him, "Go in peace." So Naaman departed and was a good distance away from him,
1 Chronicles 2:19
Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
Psalms 132:6
Behold, we heard of it at Ephrathah; We found it in the field of Jaar.
Micah 5:2
"But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah; From you One shall come forth for Me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel, His goings forth (appearances) are from long ago, From ancient days."
Matthew 2:1
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king (Herod the Great), magi (wise men) from the east came to Jerusalem, asking,
Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he realized that he had been tricked by the magi, was extremely angry, and he sent [soldiers] and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that area who were two years old and under, according to the date which he had learned from the magi.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day,.... With every sacrifice, and for all sorts of persons:

to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord; which were required to be done on that day:

according to the commandment of King Josiah; which was, that every thing be provided, prepared, and done, as the law required.


 
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