II Chronicles 30:3
“For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 II Chronicles 30:3 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn sie konnten es zu jener Zeit nicht feiern, weil die Priester sich nicht in hinreichender Anzahl geheiligt hatten, und das Volk noch nicht nach Jerusalem versammelt war.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque entonces no la podían celebrar, por cuanto no había suficientes sacerdotes santificados, ni el pueblo estaba junto en Jerusalem.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Porque então não a podiam celebrar, porquanto não havia suficientes sacerdotes santificados, nem o povo estava junto em Jerusalém.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Eles não puderam celebrar imediatamente, porque não havia sacerdotes consagrados em número suficiente, e o povo não havia se reunido em Jerusalém.
📖 II Chronicles 30:3 in Context
1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel.
2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
3For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.
4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
5So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
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