Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple

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. Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now [a]sanctify yourselves, (B)sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:5 consecrate

In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired(A) them. He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate(B) yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary.

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