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2 Chronicles 29:5
“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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — He addresses the Levites in the eastern square after gathering the priests and Levites to initiate the temple's restoration.
The words — The verbs הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֗וּ (hit.qaddəšû) and וְ/קַדְּשׁוּ (wə.qaddəšû) both derive from the root for consecration, literally meaning "set yourselves apart" and "set apart [the house]."
The thread — This purification command reappears in Hezekiah’s Passover orders (2 Chronicles 35:6) and echoes David’s earlier Levitical instructions (1 Chronicles 15:12), while the temple concept extends to the New Testament church (1 Corinthians 3:16).
Why it lands — The text commands the Levites to purify themselves and the sanctuary immediately, establishing ritual cleansing as a prerequisite for resuming worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- 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, to the place I have prepared for it.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3 In 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.
- Ezekiel 8:9 Then He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked abominations they are committing here.”
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 However, 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 consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1 Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Exodus 19:10 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
- Exodus 19:15 “Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”