He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the public square on the east.

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Then he said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites. (A)Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out of the holy place. For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and they have abandoned Him and (B)turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the Lord, and have [a]turned their backs.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:6 Lit given

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

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.

For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

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