2 Chronicles 30:21-23
New American Standard Bible 1995
21 The sons of Israel present in Jerusalem (A)celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day after day with loud instruments to the Lord. 22 Then Hezekiah (B)spoke [a]encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good insight in the things of the Lord. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and (C)giving thanks to the Lord God of their fathers.
23 Then the whole assembly (D)decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy.
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2 Chronicles 30:21-23
New International Version
21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread(A) for seven days with great rejoicing, while the Levites and priests praised the Lord every day with resounding instruments dedicated to the Lord.[a]
22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service of the Lord. For the seven days they ate their assigned portion and offered fellowship offerings and praised[b] the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
23 The whole assembly then agreed to celebrate(B) the festival seven more days; so for another seven days they celebrated joyfully.
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- 2 Chronicles 30:21 Or priests sang to the Lord every day, accompanied by the Lord’s instruments of praise
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 Or and confessed their sins to
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