²⁵ The whole assembly of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, ^(A)and the whole assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners who came out of the land of Israel, and the sojourners who lived in Judah, rejoiced.

¹¹ However, ^(A)some men of Asher, of Manasseh, and of Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.

¹⁸ For a majority of the people, ^(A)many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise ^(B)than as prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Lord pardon everyone

Institution of the Passover

⁴³ And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it, ⁴⁴ but every slave^[a] that is ^(A)bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. ^45 (B)No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. ⁴⁶ It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and ^(C)you shall not break any of its bones. ^47 (D)All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. ^48 (E)If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he ^(F)shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. ⁴⁹ There shall be ^(G)one law for the native and for the ^(H)stranger who sojourns among you.”