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2 Chronicles 29:5

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“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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 29

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Sanctify now yourselves - Compare the marginal reference. Hezekiah follows David’s example, knowing, probably, that the priests had in the preceding time of idolatry contracted many defilements. The “filthiness,” or “uncleanness” 2Ch 29:16, might consist, in part, of mere dust and dirt, in part, of idolatrous objects introduced by Ahaz before he finally shut up the temple 2Ki 16:10-16.

This site's exposition

into the east street

on 2 Chronicles 29:4-5

Hezekiah gathers the priests and Levites into the east street and gives one charge twice: sanctify yourselves, then sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers. The command sets the pattern the chapter follows inside out, the priests reaching the inner sanctuary first and the Levites carrying what they find out to the brook Kidron at verse 16, the same brook where Josiah will later burn Baal's vessels (2 Ki 23:4, 12). Twice in one sentence Hezekiah calls the Levites to a holiness Ahaz's reign had let lapse for a generation.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

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The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • לָהֶ֖םto them

    lahem

  • שְׁמָע֣וּנִיlisten to me

    shemauniH8085 →1159 times

  • הַלְוִיִּ֑םO Levites

    halviyimH3881 →291 times

  • עַתָּ֣הnow

    ʾatahH6258 →433 times

  • הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֗וּconsecrate yourselves

    hitkadeshuH6942 →171 times

  • וְקַדְּשׁוּ֙and consecrate

    vekadeshuH6942 →171 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֤ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֔םancestors your

    ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times

  • וְהוֹצִ֥יאוּand bring out

    vehotziuH3318 →1067 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַנִּדָּ֖הthe impurity

    hanidahH5079 →

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃the holy place

    hakodeshH6944 →469 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joel 2:16Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber.6 works2 Chronicles 35:6Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”6 works1 Corinthians 3:16–17Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?4 worksExodus 19:10Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes4 worksNehemiah 13:9Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.4 worksEzekiel 8:9–18Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 34:3–8In 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 carved idols, and the cast images.3 works1 Chronicles 15:12And 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.3 works2 Chronicles 5:11Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,3 works2 Chronicles 29:15When 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.3 worksNehemiah 12:30After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.3 works2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.2 works2 Chronicles 29:34However, 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.2 works1 Chronicles 23:28but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,2 worksExodus 19:15“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”1 worksEzekiel 8:3He 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 inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.1 worksMatthew 21:12–13Then 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.1 worksEzekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:12

    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,…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 35:6

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

    • Romans 12:1–2

      Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

    • Exodus 19:14–15

      When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:14

      So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 35:6

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

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 9:13–14

      For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

    • 2 Chronicles 29:15

      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.

    • Genesis 35:2

      So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.

    • Exodus 12:21–22

      Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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