KJV - And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

ASV - Now the passover of the Jews was at hand: and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, to purify themselves.

BBE - Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

WEB - Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

YLT - And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

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