³ In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he ^(A)opened the doors of the house of the Lord and repaired them. ⁴ He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the square on the east.

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⁵ Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. ^(B)Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place.