Add parallel Print Page Options

He brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the square on the east side. He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors.[a] Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean. For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of[b] the Lord our God and abandoned him. They turned away[c] from the Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him.[d]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:5 tn Heb “fathers.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:6 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 29:6 tn Heb “turned their faces.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 29:6 tn Heb “and turned the back.”

He brought in the priests and the Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side and said: “Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate(A) yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. Our parents(B) were unfaithful;(C) they did evil in the eyes of the Lord our God and forsook him. They turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place and turned their backs on him.

Read full chapter