Now many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
Parallel translations
- WEB Many people assembled at Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
- KJV And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
- BSB In the second month, a very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
- ESV And many people came together in Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
- NASB Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly.
- NLT So a huge crowd assembled at Jerusalem in midspring to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.
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Quick answer
A very great assembly gathered in Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. It matters because it shows the large, joyful turnout for restored worship.
Overview
The festival drew a massive crowd, signaling a genuine revival of corporate worship in Judah. The Feast of Unleavened Bread, joined to Passover, recalled God's redemption of His people from Egypt. Such a great gathering for covenant worship anticipates the multitude God gathers in Christ to celebrate a greater redemption.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- 2 Chr 30:2For the king had taken counsel with his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
- Ps 84:7They go from strength to strength. Everyone of them appears before God in Zion.
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