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30 And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the House of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the LORD God of Israel.
2 And the king and his princes and all the Congregation had taken counsel in Jerusalem to keep the Passover in the second month.
3 For they could not keep it at the present time, because there were not enough sanctified priests, nor were the people gathered to Jerusalem.
4 And the thing pleased the king and all the Congregation.
5 And they decreed to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem. For they had not done it as it was written for a long time.
6 So, the posts went with letters by the commission of the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and with the commandment of the king, saying, “You children of Israel, turn back to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel; and He will return to the remnant of you who has escaped out of the hands of the kings of Assyria.
7 “And do not be like your fathers, and like your brethren, who trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers. Therefore, as you see, He made them desolate.
8 “Do not be stiff-necked now, as your fathers were, but give the hand to the LORD and come into His Sanctuary which He has sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God. And the fierceness of His wrath shall turn away from you.
9 “For if you return to the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find mercy before those who led them away captive. And they shall return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away His Face from you, if you convert to Him.”
10 So, the posts went from city to city throughout the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the way to Zebulun. But they ridiculed and mocked them.
11 Nevertheless, some from Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun submitted themselves and came to Jerusalem.
12 And the hand of God was in Judah, so that He gave them one heart to do the commandment of the king, and of the rulers, according to the Word of the LORD.
13 And many people assembled in Jerusalem, to keep the Feast of the Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great assembly.
14 And they arose and took away the Altars that were in Jerusalem. And they took away all those for incense and cast them into the brook Kidron.
15 Afterward, they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought the Burnt Offerings into the House of the LORD.
16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the Law of Moses, the man of God. And the priests sprinkled the blood from the hands of the Levites.
17 Because there were many in the Congregation who were not sanctified, the Levites had the charge of the killing of the Passover for all who were not clean, to sanctify it to the LORD.
18 For a multitude of the people — a multitude of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun — had not cleansed themselves, yet ate the Passover, not as it was written. Therefore, Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “The good LORD be merciful toward
19 “whomever prepares his whole heart to seek the LORD God, the God of his fathers, though he is not according to the purification of the Sanctuary.”
20 And the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people.
21 And the children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of the Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. And the Levites and the priests praised the LORD, day by day, singing with loud instruments to the LORD.
22 And Hezekiah spoke encouragement to all the Levites who had good knowledge of the LORD. And they ate of that Feast for seven days, and offered Peace Offerings and praised the LORD God of their fathers.
23 And the whole assembly took counsel to keep it for another seven days. So, they kept it for seven days with joy.
24 For Hezekiah, king of Judah, had given a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep to the Congregation. And the princes had given a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep to the Congregation. And many priests were sanctified.
25 And all the Congregation of Judah rejoiced with the priests and the Levites, and all the Congregation who came out of Israel, and the strangers who came out of the land of Israel, and who dwelt in Judah.
26 So, there was great joy in Jerusalem. For since the time of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, there was not anything like it in Jerusalem.
27 Then, the priests and the Levites arose and blessed the people. And their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to Heaven, to His holy habitation.
31 And when all these things were finished, all Israel went out and broke the images that were found in the cities of Judah, and cut down the groves, and broke down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had finished. Afterward, all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possessions, into their own cities.
2 And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites by their turns, every man according to his office, priests and Levites for the Burnt Offering and Peace Offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the Tents of the LORD.
3 And the king appointed a portion of his own substance for the Burnt Offerings — for the Burnt Offerings in the morning and in the evening, and the Burnt Offerings for the Sabbaths and for the new moons and for the solemn Feasts — as it is written in the Law of the LORD.
4 He also commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give a part to the priests and Levites, so that they might be encouraged in the Law of the LORD.
5 And when the commandment had spread, the children of Israel brought an abundance of firstfruits: grain, wine, oil, and honey. And they brought an abundance of all the increase of the field and the tithes of all things.
6 And the children of Israel and Judah who dwelt in the cities of Judah also brought the tithes of bulls and sheep and the holy tithes which were consecrated to the LORD their God and laid them on many heaps.
7 In the third month, they began to lay the foundation of the heaps and finished them in the seventh month.
8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
9 And Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.
10 And Azariah, the High Priest, of the House of Zadok, answered him, and said, “Since the people began to bring the offerings into the House of the LORD, we have eaten and have been satisfied. And there is an abundance left. For the LORD has blessed His people and this abundance that is left.”
11 And Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the House of the LORD. And they prepared them,
12 and carried in the firstfruits and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully. And over them was Conaniah the Levite (the chief) and Shimei, his brother (the second)
13 and Jehiel and Azaziah and Nahath and Asahel, and Jerimoth and Jozabad and Eliel and Ismachiah and Mahath and Benaiah. These were overseers, by the appointment of Conaniah and Shimei, his brother, by the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and of Azariah, the chief of the House of God.
14 And Kore, the son of Imnah the Levite, gatekeeper toward the east, was over the things that were willingly offered to God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the holy things that were consecrated.
15 And at his hand in the cities of the priests were Eden and Miniamin and Jeshua and Shemaiah, Amariah and Shechaniah, to distribute their daily portion with fidelity to their brethren by divisions, both to the great and small,
16 regardless of their generation, males from three years old and above, all who entered into the House of the LORD, to their office, in their charge, according to their divisions.
17 They distributed with fidelity both to the generation of the priests after the House of their fathers and to the Levites, from twenty years old and above, according to their charge, in their divisions,
18 and to the generation of all their children, their wives and their sons and their daughters, throughout all the Congregation. For by their fidelity, they are partakers of the holy things.
19 Also, of the sons of Aaron, the priests in the fields and suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were appointed, by names, to give portions to all the males of the priests and to all the generations of the Levites.
20 And thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah. And he did well and uprightly and truly before the LORD his God.
21 And all the works that he began for the service of the House of God — both in the Law and in the Commandments, to seek his God — he did with all his heart and prospered.
15 We who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
2 Let everyone please his neighbor for good toward edification.
3 For Christ would not please Himself, either. But as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached you, fell on Me.”
4 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning. So that we, through the endurance and encouragement of the Scriptures, might have hope.
5 Now may the God of endurance and encouragement grant that you be like-minded towards one another, according to Christ Jesus.
6 That you, with one mind and with one mouth, may praise God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Therefore, receive one another, as Christ also received us, to the glory of God.
8 Now, I say that Jesus Christ became a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God; to confirm the promises made to the Fathers.
9 And let the Gentiles praise God for His mercy. As it is written, “For this reason I will praise You among the Gentiles and sing to Your Name.”
10 And again He says, “Rejoice, you Gentiles, with His people!”
11 And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! And laud Him, all you people!”
12 And again, Isaiah says, “There shall be a root of Jesse; and He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles. In Him shall the Gentiles trust.”
13 Now may the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing; that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
14 And concerning you, my brothers, I myself am also persuaded that you too are full of goodness, and filled with all knowledge, and are able to admonish one another.
15 Nevertheless, brothers, I have written to you somewhat more boldly (as one who reminds you through the grace given me by God),
16 that I might be the minister of Jesus Christ toward the Gentiles (ministering the Gospel of God) that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
17 Therefore, I have reason to rejoice in God through Christ Jesus.
18 For I do not dare speak of anything which Christ has not worked through me to make the Gentiles obedient, in word and deed -
19 with the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God - so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel of Christ.
20 Thus, I earnestly strive to preach the Gospel, not where Christ was named (lest I should build on another’s foundation),
21 but as it is written, “To whom He was not spoken of, they shall see Him. And those who did not hear, shall understand.”
22 For this reason, also, I have often been hindered in coming to you.
25 To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul.
2 My God, I trust in You. Let me not be confounded. Do not let my enemies rejoice over me.
3 So all who hope in You shall not be ashamed. Let those who transgress without cause be confounded.
4 Show me Your ways, O LORD, and teach me Your paths.
5 Lead me forth in Your truth and teach me. For You are the God of my salvation. In You do I trust, all the day.
6 Remember, O LORD, Your tender mercies, and Your lovingkindness. For they have been forever.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my rebellions. But according to Your kindness remember me, for Your goodness’ sake, O LORD.
8 Gracious and righteous are the LORD. Therefore, He will teach sinners in the way.
9 Those who are meek, He will guide in judgment and teach the humble His way.
10 All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies.
11 For Your Name’s sake, O LORD, be merciful to my iniquity. For it is great.
12 What man is he who fears the LORD? He will teach him the way he shall choose.
13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the land.
14 The secret of the LORD is revealed to those who fear Him, and His Covenant, to give them understanding.
15 My eyes are ever toward the LORD. For He will bring my feet out of the net.
13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer. But when he has gone away, he boasts.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of precious stones. But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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