Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Parallel translations
- WEB Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- BSB Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- NKJV Now Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- NASB Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- NLT Then Josiah announced that the Passover of the Lord would be celebrated in Jerusalem, and so the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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Josiah keeps a great Passover in Jerusalem, sacrificing the lamb at the appointed time. It marks the climax of his reforms, restoring the central feast of redemption.
Overview
On the fourteenth day of the first month, exactly as the Law commanded (Exodus 12:6), Josiah leads Judah in observing the Passover, which commemorated God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt. This obedient celebration shows reform reaching its proper goal: right worship centered on God's saving acts. The Passover lamb ultimately foreshadows Christ, "our Passover," sacrificed for us (1 Corinthians 5:7).
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Cross-references · 7
- Exod 12:6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
- Num 9:3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
- 2 Kgs 23:21–23And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
- Ezra 6:19And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Ezek 45:21In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
- 2 Chr 30:1–27And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
- Deut 16:1–8Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
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