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29 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old and reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2 And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
3 He opened the Doors of the House of the LORD in the first year, and in the first month of his reign, and repaired them.
4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the east street,
5 and said to them, “Hear me, you Levites! Sanctify yourselves now, and sanctify the House of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the Sanctuary!
6 “For our fathers have trespassed and done evil in the Eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him, and turned away their faces from the Tabernacle of the LORD and turned their backs.”
7 “They have also shut the doors of the porch and quenched the lamps and have neither burnt incense nor offered Burnt Offerings to the God of Israel in the Sanctuary.
8 “Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has been on Judah and Jerusalem. And He has made them a scattering, a desolation, and a hissing, as you see with your eyes.
9 “For lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword. And our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for the same reason.
10 “Now I intend to make a Covenant with the LORD God of Israel, so that He may turn away His fierce wrath from us.
11 “Now my sons, do not be deceived. For the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be His ministers, and to burn incense.”
12 Then the Levites arose. Of the sons of the Kohathites came Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah. And of the sons of Merari came Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel. And of the Gershonites came Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah.
13 And of the sons of Elizaphan came Shimri and Jeiel. And of the sons of Asaph came Zechariah and Mattaniah.
14 And of the sons of Heman came Jehiel and Shimei. And of the sons of Jeduthun came Shemaiah and Uzziel.
15 And they gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and came according to the commandment of the king, by the Words of the LORD, to cleanse the House of the LORD.
16 And the priests went into the inner parts of the House of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the Temple of the LORD into the court of the House of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out to the brook Kidron.
17 They began to sanctify it on the first day of the first month. And on the eighth day of the month, they came to the porch of the LORD. So they sanctified the House of the LORD in eight days. And on the sixteenth day of the first month, they finished.
18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, “We have cleansed all the House of the LORD, and the Altar of Burnt Offering, with all its vessels, and the Showbread Table, with all its vessels.
19 “And have we prepared and sanctified all the vessels which King Ahaz had cast aside when he reigned and transgressed. And behold, they are before the Altar of the LORD.”
20 And Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the princes of the city and went up to the House of the LORD.
21 And they brought seven bullocks and seven rams and seven lambs and seven male goats for a Sin Offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the Priests (the sons of Aaron) to offer them on the Altar of the LORD.
22 So, they killed the bulls, and the Priests received the blood, and sprinkled it upon the Altar. They also killed the rams and sprinkled the blood upon the Altar. And they killed the lambs; and they sprinkled the blood upon the Altar.
23 Then they brought the male goats for the Sin Offering before the king and the Congregation. And they laid their hands upon them.
24 And the Priests killed them. And they cleansed the Altar with their blood, to reconcile all Israel. For the king had commanded the Burnt Offering and the Sin Offering for all Israel.
25 He also appointed the Levites in the House of the LORD, and Gad the king’s Seer and Nathan the Prophet, with cymbals, with viols, and with harps, according to the commandment of David. For the commandment was by the Hand of the LORD and by the hands of His Prophets.
26 And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.
27 And Hezekiah commanded to offer the Burnt Offering upon the Altar. And when the Burnt Offering began, the song of the LORD began with the trumpets, and the instruments of David, king of Israel.
28 And all the congregation worshipped, singing a song. And they blew the trumpets. All this continued until the Burnt Offering was finished.
29 And after they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped.
30 Then Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the Seer. So, they praised with joy, and they bowed themselves and worshipped.
31 And Hezekiah spoke, and said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come near and bring the Sacrifices and Thank Offerings into the House of the LORD.” And the Congregation brought Sacrifices and Thank Offerings. And every man who was willing in heart offered Burnt Offerings.
32 And the number of the Burnt Offerings which the Congregation brought was seventy bulls, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs. All these were for a Burnt Offering to the LORD.
33 And they brought six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep for sanctification.
34 But the priests were too few and were not able to skin all the Burnt Offerings. Therefore their brethren, the Levites, helped them, until they had ended the work, and until other priests were sanctified. For the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
35 And also the Burnt Offerings were many, with the fat of the Peace Offerings and the Drink Offerings for the Burnt Offering. So, the service of the House of the LORD was set in order.
36 Then, Hezekiah rejoiced (and all the people) that God had made the people so ready. For the thing was done suddenly.
14 Receive the one who is weak in the faith, but not for passing judgment on his reasoning.
2 One believes that he may eat all things. And another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
3 Do not let the one who eats treat the one who does not eat with contempt. And do not let the one who does not eat judge the one who eats. For God has received him.
4 Who are you to judge another man’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he shall be upheld. For God is able to make him stand.
5 One esteems one day above another day, and another counts every day alike. Let everyone be fully persuaded in his own mind.
6 Whoever observes the day, observes it to the Lord. And whoever does not observe the day, does not observe it to the Lord. Whoever eats, eats to the Lord. For he gives God thanks. And whoever does not eat, does not eat to the Lord, and gives God thanks.
7 For none of us lives to himself. Nor does anyone die to himself.
8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord: Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
9 For to this end Christ died and rose again, and revived, so that He might be Lord, both of the dead and the living.
10 But why do you condemn your brother? Or why do you contemn your brother? For we shall all appear before the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written, “I live, says the Lord. And every knee shall bow to Me. And all tongues shall confess unto God”.
12 So then everyone of us shall give accounts of himself to God.
13 Therefore, let us not judge one another anymore. But rather, determine to do this: that no one put a stumbling block, or an occasion to fall, before his brother.
14 I know, and am persuaded through the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean in itself. But to the one who judges something to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
15 But if your brother is distressed because of your food, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy with your food someone for whom Christ died.
16 Therefore, do not let your good be spoken of as evil.
17 For the kingdom of God is not food or drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For whoever serves Christ in these things, is well-pleasing to God, and is approved by man.
19 Let us then follow those things which concern peace, and with which one may edify another.
20 Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. Indeed, all things are clean, but evil for the man who eats in offense.
21 It is not good to eat flesh or to drink wine or to do anything whereby your brother stumbles or is offended or made weak.
22 Do you have faith? Have your own before God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself in that thing which he allows.
23 For the one who doubts is condemned if he eats because he does not eat of faith. And whatever is not of faith is sin.
24 The Earth is the LORD’s and all that therein is, the world and those who dwell therein.
2 For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the Mountain of the LORD? And who shall stand in His Holy Place?
4 He who has innocent hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his mind to vanity nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of those who seek Him, of those who seek Your face. This is Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, you gates. And be lifted up, you everlasting doors. And the King of Glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of Glory: The LORD, strong and mighty. The LORD, mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, you gates. And lift up yourselves, you everlasting doors. And the King of Glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of Glory: The LORD of Hosts. He is the King of Glory. Selah. A Psalm of David.
12 The LORD has made both of these: the ear to hear and the eye to see.
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