2 Crônicas 30:18

18 Embora muitos dos que vieram de Efraim, de Manassés, de Issacar e de Zebulom não se tivessem purificado, assim mesmo comeram a Páscoa, contrariando o que estava escrito. Mas Ezequias orou por eles, dizendo: “Queira o SENHOR, que é bondoso, perdoar todo

2 Crônicas 30:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 30:18

For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and
Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun
All which were of the ten tribes, where idolatry had prevailed for a long time:

had not cleansed themselves;
from impurity contracted by idolatry and other things:

yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written;
because they ate it in their uncleanness, which was not according to the law, that required that such should be clean that ate of any holy things, see ( John 18:28 ) but since these people came a great way off, and there was no deferring it to another month, the king chose rather they should be admitted to eat of it, though in their uncleanness:

but Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, the good Lord pardon everyone;
God, who is gracious and merciful, and of his goodness, grace, and mercy, forgive such who, though ceremonially unclean, ate of the passover, and especially since they were sincere and cordial in their services; and therefore he hoped that this breach of the ceremonial law would not be laid to their charge. Goodness is such a well known attribute of God, that the very Heathens ascribe it to their deities; hence we read of a temple of the "good god", the gods being the givers of good things to men; Jupiter, or Jove, the supreme god, is supposed to be meant ^F19.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Pausan. Arcadica, sive, l. 8. p. 513. Vid. Ciceronem de Nat. Deor. l. 3. prope finem.

2 Crônicas 30:18 In-Context

16 E assumiram seus postos, conforme prescrito na Lei de Moisés, homem de Deus. Os sacerdotes aspergiram o sangue que os levitas lhes entregaram.

17 Visto que muitos na multidão não se haviam consagrado, os levitas tiveram que matar cordeiros da Páscoa para todos os que não estavam cerimonialmente puros e que, por isso, não podiam consagrar os seus cordeiros ao SENHOR.

18 Embora muitos dos que vieram de Efraim, de Manassés, de Issacar e de Zebulom não se tivessem purificado, assim mesmo comeram a Páscoa, contrariando o que estava escrito. Mas Ezequias orou por eles, dizendo: “Queira o SENHOR, que é bondoso, perdoar todo

19 aquele que inclina o seu coração para buscar a Deus, o SENHOR, o Deus dos seus antepassados, mesmo que não esteja puro de acordo com as regras do santuário”.

20 E o SENHOR ouviu a oração de Ezequias e não castigou o povo.