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2 Chronicles 29:34

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 been consecrated. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

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ASV

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

KJV

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

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25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רַ֤קrakonlyH7535 →
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
הָי֣וּha.Yuthey wereH1961 →
לִמְעָ֔טlim.'Atto fewnessH4592 →
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
יָֽכְל֔וּya.khe.Luthey were ableH3201 →
לְהַפְשִׁ֖יטle.haf.Shitto skinH6584 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הָעֹל֑וֹתha.'o.Lotthe burnt offeringsH5930 →
וַֽיְּחַזְּק֞וּםvai.ye.cha.ze.Kumand they helped themH2388 →
אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם'a.chei.Hemrelatives theirH251 →
הַלְוִיִּ֗םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
כְּל֤וֹתke.Lotwas completeH3615 →
הַמְּלָאכָה֙ha.me.la.Khahthe workH4399 →
וְעַ֣דve.'Adand untilH5704 →
יִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּyit.ka.de.Shuthey had consecrated themselvesH6942 →
הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
הַלְוִיִּם֙hal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881 →
יִשְׁרֵ֣יyish.Rei[were] upright ofH3477 →
לֵבָ֔בle.VavheartH3824 →
לְהִתְקַדֵּ֖שׁle.hit.ka.Deshto consecrate themselvesH6942 →
מֵֽהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃Me.ha.ko.ha.Nimmore than the priestsH3548 →

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2 Chronicles 30:15And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.2 Chronicles 30:17Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.2 Chronicles 35:11And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.2 Chronicles 30:24For Hezekiah king of Judah contributed a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for the assembly, and the officials contributed a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep for the assembly, and a great number of priests consecrated themselves.2 Chronicles 30:3since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.Ezekiel 44:11Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.Exodus 19:10Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothesEzra 6:20All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.Psalms 94:15Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.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.Psalms 7:10My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.1 Chronicles 29:17I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.Numbers 8:19And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”Psalms 26:6I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,Numbers 8:15After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.2 Chronicles 30:16–17They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.Numbers 18:6–7Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.Numbers 18:3And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

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