¹⁸ For a multitude of the people, ^(A)many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, ^(B)yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord provide atonement for everyone

¹⁵ And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. ^(A)And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. ^16 [a]Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. ^(B)The effective, ^[b]fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

²⁸ But ^(A)let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

¹⁹ O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

²¹ And may You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and when You hear, ^(A)forgive.

²⁵ The whole assembly of Judah rejoiced, also the priests and Levites, all the assembly that came from Israel, the sojourners ^(A)who came from the land of Israel, and those who dwelt in Judah.

¹¹ Nevertheless ^(A)some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

²⁰ ‘But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has ^(A)defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

¹⁰ “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘If anyone of you or your ^[a]posterity is unclean because of a corpse, or is far away on a journey, he may still keep the Lord’s Passover. ¹¹ On ^(A)the fourteenth day of the second month, at twilight, they may keep it. They shall ^(B)eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. ^12 (C)They shall leave none of it until morning, ^(D)nor break one of its bones. ^(E)According to all the ^[b]ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it. ¹³ But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person ^(F)shall be cut off from among his people, because he ^(G)did not bring the offering of the Lord at its appointed time; that man shall ^(H)bear his sin.

¹⁴ ‘And if a stranger ^[c]dwells among you, and would keep the Lord’s Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; ^(I)you shall have one ^[d]ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.’ ”