1. Then Josiah celebrated the Lord’s Passover in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2. He assigned the priests to their posts, encouraging them to fulfill their responsibilities in the Lord’s temple.
3. Next Josiah ordered the Levites, who were holy to the Lord and who instructed all Israel: "Put the holy chest in the temple built by Israel’s King Solomon, David’s son. You don’t need to carry it around on your shoulders anymore. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.
4. Organize yourselves by families according to your divisions, as directed by Israel’s King David and his son Solomon.
5. Stand in the sanctuary, according to the family divisions of your relatives the laypeople, so that there can be Levites for each family division.
6. Slaughter the Passover lambs and prepare the holy sacrifices for your relatives in order to celebrate according to the Lord’s word through Moses."
7. On behalf of the laypeople, Josiah donated from his personal holdings thirty thousand lambs and young goats, and three thousand bulls, all for the Passover offerings.