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The Passover Celebrated

21 The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover to the Lord your God as prescribed in this book of the covenant.”(A) 22 No such Passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, even during all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah,(B) 23 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

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Josiah Celebrates Passover

21 King Josiah then issued this order to all the people: “You must celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, as required in this Book of the Covenant.” 22 There had not been a Passover celebration like that since the time when the judges ruled in Israel, nor throughout all the years of the kings of Israel and Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.

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