²¹ And the people of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept ^(A)the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness, and the Levites and the priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with all their might^[a] to the Lord. ²² And Hezekiah spoke ^(B)encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good skill in the service of the Lord. So they ate the food of the festival for seven days, sacrificing ^(C)peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

²³ Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast ^(D)for another seven days. So they kept it for another seven days with gladness.

²⁵ The whole assembly of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, ^(A)and the whole assembly that came out of Israel, and the sojourners who came out of the land of Israel, and the sojourners who lived in Judah, rejoiced. ²⁶ So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for ^(B)since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

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⁴² And ^(A)they devoted themselves to the apostles' ^(B)teaching and the ^(C)fellowship, to ^(D)the breaking of bread and the prayers.

⁴⁶ And day by day, ^(A)attending the temple ^(B)together and ^(C)breaking bread in their homes, they received their food ^(D)with glad and generous hearts, ⁴⁷ praising God and ^(E)having favor with all the people. And the Lord ^(F)added to their number ^(G)day by day those who ^(H)were being saved.