dSee 2 Sam. 3:10
vSee 1 Cor. 16:21
2 Chronicles 30:1-6
Passover Celebrated
1Hezekiah 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 to the Lord, the God of Israel. 2For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover ain the second month— 3for they could not keep it bat that time cbecause the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem— 4and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly. 5So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, dfrom Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come and keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it as often as prescribed. 6 eSo couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, freturn to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of gthe kings of Assyria.Esther 9:20
The Feast of Purim Inaugurated
20And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,Jeremiah 29:25-29
25“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to hZephaniah the son of iMaaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, 26‘The Lord has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to have jcharge in the house of the Lord kover every madman who prophesies, to put him in lthe stocks and neck irons. 27Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah mof Anathoth who is prophesying to you? 28For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, “Your exile will be long; nbuild houses and live in them, and plant gardens and eat their produce.”’”29 oZephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.
Acts 15:23
23with the following letter: p“The brothers, both qthe apostles and the elders, to the brothers ▼▼Or brothers and sisters; also verses 32, 33, 36
who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, sgreetings. 2 Corinthians 7:8
8For teven if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though uI did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.Galatians 6:11
Final Warning and Benediction
11See with what large letters I am writing to you vwith my own hand.Hebrews 13:22
Final Greetings
22I appeal to you, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
bear with my word of exhortation, for xI have written to you briefly.
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