2 Chronicles 35:1–9

*Moreover aJosiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the bfourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and cencouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord, 3 And said unto the Levites dthat taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, ePut the holy ark fin the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; git shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves hby the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the iwriting of David king of Israel, and according to the kwriting of Solomon his son. 5 And lstand in the holy place according to the mdivisions of †the families of the fathers of your brethren †the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and nsanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 7 And Josiah †gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the opassover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of pthe king’s substance. 8 And his princes †gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: qHilkiah and rZechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the opassover offerings two thousand and six hundred ssmall cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 uConaniah also, and uShemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, †gave unto the Levites for opassover offerings five thousand ssmall cattle, and five hundred oxen.