2 Chronicles 29:5 ““Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and con…”

2 Chronicles 29:5

“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

World English Bible

and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the filthiness out of the holy place.

American Standard Version

and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

Geneva Bible 1599

And said vnto them, Heare me, ye Leuites: sanctifie nowe your selues, and sanctifie the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cary forth the filthinesse out of the Sanctuarie.

Darby Translation

and he said to them, Hear me, ye Levites: hallow yourselves now, and hallow the house of Jehovah the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the sanctuary.

Young's Literal Translation

And he saith to them, 'Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary,

Bible in Basic English

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

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Cross references

“sanctify now”

2 Chronicles 35:6 1 Chronicles 15:12 Exodus 19:10 Exodus 19:15

2 Chronicles 35:6 · BSB

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”

1 Chronicles 15:12 · BSB

And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

Exodus 19:10 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:15 · BSB

“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

“sanctify the house”

2 Chronicles 34:3–8 2 Corinthians 7:1 Ezekiel 36:25 2 Corinthians 6:16 2 Chronicles 29:16 Matthew 21:12

2 Chronicles 34:3–8 · BSB

In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carv…

2 Corinthians 7:1 · BSB

Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Ezekiel 36:25 · BSB

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

2 Chronicles 29:16 · BSB

So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them…

Matthew 21:12 · BSB

Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

“carry forth”

Ezekiel 8:9–18 Ezekiel 8:3

Ezekiel 8:9–18 · BSB

Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”

Ezekiel 8:3 · BSB

He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the i…

Also

2 Chronicles 29:15–16 2 Chronicles 29:34

2 Chronicles 29:15–16 · BSB

When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 29:34 · BSB

However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.

6For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.

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