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# Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh
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Josiah commanded the people to celebrate the Passover that Yahweh had commanded their ancestors to celebrate.
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# in Jerusalem
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Yahweh had commanded Moses that all the people of Israel were to go to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover.
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# the fourteenth day of the first month
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This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The fourteenth day is near the beginning of April on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# He placed the priests in their positions
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Placing the priests in a position is a metaphor for telling the priests which jobs they are to do. The reader should probably understand that Josiah commanded his officials to give instructions to the priests. AT: "He had people tell the priests which jobs to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# in the service of
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The abstract noun "service" can be translated as a verb. AT: "as they served in" or "to serve well in" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/josiah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/passover]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lamb]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimeday]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/houseofgod]] |