¹Josiah celebrated the Passover for the Lord in Jerusalem. The Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. ²Josiah appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple. ³He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It shouldn’t be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. ⁴Get yourselves ready with the family groups of your divisions, which are listed in the records of King David of Israel and the records of his son Solomon. ⁵Stand in the holy place representing the family divisions of your relatives, the people ⸤of Israel⸥. Let the Levites be considered a part of each family.⁶Slaughter the Passover lamb, perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy, and prepare ⸤the lambs⸥ for the other Israelites as the Lord instructed ⸤us⸥ through Moses.”

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