¹⁸ Although most of the many people who came from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not purified themselves,^(A) yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May the Lord, who is good, pardon everyone

¹⁵ And the prayer offered in faith^(A) will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. ¹⁶ Therefore confess your sins^(B) to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.^(C) The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.^(D)

²⁸ Everyone ought to examine themselves^(A) before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.

⁸ So now take seven bulls and seven rams^(A) and go to my servant Job^(B) and sacrifice a burnt offering^(C) for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer^(D) and not deal with you according to your folly.^(E) You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”^{(F) 9} So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite^(G) did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.^(H)

²⁵ The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, along with the priests and Levites and all who had assembled from Israel^(A), including the foreigners who had come from Israel and also those who resided in Judah.

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

⁶ And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate^(A) and gracious God, slow to anger,^(B) abounding in love^(C) and faithfulness,^{(D) 7} maintaining love to thousands,^(E) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.^(F) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;^(G) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”^(H)

⁸ Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. ⁹ “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor^(I) in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us.^(J) Although this is a stiff-necked^(K) people, forgive our wickedness and our sin,^(L) and take us as your inheritance.”^(M)