2 Chronicles 30:18

For a great number of the people from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not made themselves clean, but they took the Passover meal, though not in the right way. For Hezekiah had made prayer for them, saying, May the good Lord have mercy on everyone

Genesis 20:7

So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.

Genesis 20:17

Then Abraham made prayer to God, and God made Abimelech well again, and his wife and his women-servants, so that they had children.

Exodus 12:43-51

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:

Exodus 34:6-9

And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;

Numbers 9:10-14

Say to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, still he is to keep the Passover to the Lord:

Numbers 14:18-20

The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

Numbers 19:20

But the man who, being unclean, does not make himself clean in this way, will be cut off from the meeting of the people, because he has made the holy place of the Lord unclean: the water has not been put on him, he is unclean.

2 Chronicles 6:21

And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

2 Chronicles 30:11

However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 30:25

And all the people of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and those who had come from Israel, and men from other lands who had come from Israel or who were living in Judah, were glad with great joy.

Job 42:8-9

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Psalm 25:8

Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

Psalm 36:5

Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.

Psalm 119:68

You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.

Daniel 9:19

O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.

1 Corinthians 11:28

But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

James 5:15-16

And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.

1 John 5:16

If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

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Summary

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one

Many of ephraim

The passover

Bible References

Many of ephraim

2 Chronicles 30:11
However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.

Had not cleansed

Numbers 9:10
Say to the children of Israel, If any one of you or of your families is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, still he is to keep the Passover to the Lord:
Numbers 19:20
But the man who, being unclean, does not make himself clean in this way, will be cut off from the meeting of the people, because he has made the holy place of the Lord unclean: the water has not been put on him, he is unclean.
1 Corinthians 11:28
But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself.

The passover

Exodus 12:43
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:

Prayed

Genesis 20:7
So now, give the man back his wife, for he is a prophet, and let him say a prayer for you, so your life may be safe: but if you do not give her back, be certain that death will come to you and all your house.
Job 42:8
And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.
James 5:15
And by the prayer of faith the man who is ill will be made well, and he will be lifted up by the Lord, and for any sin which he has done he will have forgiveness.
1 John 5:16
If a man sees his brother doing a sin which is not bad enough for death, let him make a prayer to God, and God will give life to him whose sin was not bad enough for death. There is a sin whose punishment is death: I do not say that he may make such a request then.

The good

2 Chronicles 6:21
And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.
Exodus 34:6
And the Lord went past before his eyes, saying, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of pity and grace, slow to wrath and great in mercy and faith;
Numbers 14:18
The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.
Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.
Psalm 36:5
Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens, and your strong purpose is as high as the clouds.
Psalm 119:68
You are good, and your works are good; give me knowledge of your rules.
Daniel 9:19
O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.

General references

Joshua 22:6
Then Joshua gave them his blessing and sent them away: and they went back to their tents.
Isaiah 17:7
In that day a man's heart will be turned to his Maker, and his eyes to the Holy One of Israel.
Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was clothed in unclean robes, and he was in his place before the angel.

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