2 ESDRAS: The Hidden Book of Prophecy With 1st Esdras - Book - Page 165
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several dignities of the fathers,
before the people, to offer to
Cf. Yahuah, as it is written in the
2 Chr. 35.12. book of Moses: And thus did
And so of the
bullocks. they in the morning.
12 And they roasted the
with
fire,
as
With good Passover
speed, or
willingly, appertains: as for the sacrifices,
Cf. 2 Chr.
35:13. they sod them in brass pots,
and pans with a good savor.
13 And set them before all the
people, and afterward they
prepared for themselves, and
for the Priests their brethren
the sons of Aaron.
14 For the Priests offered the
fat until night: and the Levites
prepared for themselves, and
the Priests their brethren the
sons of Aaron.
15 The holy Singers also,
the sons of Asaph, were in
their order, according to the
Cf. appointment of David, to
2 Chr. 35:15.
of David and with, Asaph, Zechariah, and
Asaph,
the kings Eddinus, who was of the
seer.
king’s retinue.
16 Moreover the porters were
at every gate: it was not lawful
for any to go from his ordinary
service: for their brethren the
Levites prepared for them.
17 Thus were the things that
belonged to the sacrifices of
Yahuah accomplished in that
day, that they might hold the
Passover,
18 And offer sacrifices upon
the altar of Yahuah, according
T H E
F I R S T
T E M P L E
to the commandment of king
Yosiah.
19 So the children of Israel
which were present, held the
Passover at that time, and the
feast of sweet bread seven Unleavened.
days.
20 And such a Passover was
not kept in Israel since the
time of the Prophet Samuel.
21 Yes all the kings of Israel
held not such a Passover as
Yosiah, and the Priests and the
Levites, and the Yahudim held
with all Israel that were found
dwelling at Yerusalem.
22 In the eighteenth year of
the reign of Yosiah was this
Passover kept.
The End of Yosiah’s Reign
23 And the works of Yosiah
were upright before his
Yahuah with an heart full of
godliness.
24 As for the things that
came to pass in his time, they
were written in former times,
concerning those that sinned,
and did wickedly against
Yahuah above all people
and kingdoms, and how they
grieved him exceedingly, so
were
that the words of Yahuah rose Or,
ungodly.
Or, sensibly.
up against Israel.
25 Now after all these acts
of Yosiah, it came to pass
that Pharaoh the king of
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