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So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it in great numbers in the way it is written.
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Verse 5. Many. None had kept the Phase this year. Bible.—But those of Israel had not done it for a long time. Grotius.—Hebrew “for they had not long before done according to the Scripture.” Septuagint “the multitude had not done,” and so forth Calmet.—Yet, even in the worst times, Tobias, (1:6) and other zealous souls, contrived to comply with their duty. Bible.
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