2 Chronicles 35:6 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So sacrifice the Passover lambs, make yourselves ceremonially clean, and prepare your fellow Israelites so they can follow the LORD's instructions given through Moses.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The writer is instructing the Levites to properly prepare the Passover sacrifice and help the people observe it according to God's original commands through Moses.

📚 Historical Context

This takes place during King Josiah's great religious reform around 621 BC, when he restored proper worship in Judah after years of spiritual decline. Josiah was reinstituting the Passover celebration according to the original instructions Moses had given centuries earlier, which had been largely neglected or improperly observed.

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