Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Because many of the people were not ritually clean, they could not kill the Passover lambs, so the Levites did it for them and dedicated the lambs to the LORD. New Revised Standard Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Because a great number was not sanctified: and therefore the Levites immolated the phase for them that came not in time to be sanctified to the Lord. the Levites 2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests. 2 Chronicles 35:3-6 And he spoke to the Levites, by whose instruction all Israel was sanctified to the Lord, saying: Put the ark in the sanctuary of the temple, which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built: for you shall carry it no more: but minister now to the Lord your God, and to his people Israel. . . . the killing Exodus 12:6 And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening. Context Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover…16And they stood in their order according to the disposition and law of Moses the man of God: but the priests received the blood which was to be poured out, from the hands of the Levites, 17Because a great number was not sanctified: and therefore the Levites immolated the phase for them that came not in time to be sanctified to the Lord.18For a great part of the people from Ephraim, and Manasses, and Issachar, and Zabulon, that had not been sanctified, ate the phase otherwise than it is written: and Ezechias prayed for them, saying: The Lord who is good will shew mercy,… Cross References John 11:55 And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and many from the country went up to Jerusalem, before the pasch, to purify themselves. 2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts: wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified, for the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests. Ezekiel 44:11 They shall be officers in my sanctuary, and doorkeepers of the gates of the house, and ministers to the house: they shall slay the holocausts, and the victims of the people: and they shall stand in their sight, to minister to them. Jump to Previous Assembly Charge Clean Congregation Consecrated Crowd Death Hallow Hallowed Holy Kill Killing Levites Order Passover Sanctified Sanctify Slaughter Slaughtering Themselves UncleanJump to Next Assembly Charge Clean Congregation Consecrated Crowd Death Hallow Hallowed Holy Kill Killing Levites Order Passover Sanctified Sanctify Slaughter Slaughtering Themselves UncleanLinks 2 Chronicles 30:17 NIV2 Chronicles 30:17 NLT 2 Chronicles 30:17 ESV 2 Chronicles 30:17 NASB 2 Chronicles 30:17 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 30:17 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 30:17 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 30:17 French Bible 2 Chronicles 30:17 German Bible Alphabetical: all and assembly ceremonially clean consecrate consecrated could crowd everyone for had in kill lambs Levites LORD many not of order over Passover Since slaughter the their them themselves there therefore those to unclean was were who OT History: 2 Chronicles 30:17 For there were many in the assembly (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |