Verse 3

For they could{H3201} not keep{H6213} it at that time,{H6256} because the priests{H3548} had not sanctified{H6942} themselves in sufficient{H4078} number, neither had the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H622} to Jerusalem.{H3389}

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 But the priests{H3548} were too few,{H4592} so that they could{H3201} not flay{H6584} all the burnt-offerings:{H5930} wherefore their brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} did help{H2388} them, till the work{H4399} was ended,{H3615} and until the priests{H3548} had sanctified{H6942} themselves; for the Levites{H3881} were more upright{H3477} in heart{H3824} to sanctify{H6942} themselves than the priests.{H3548}
• Exod 12:6 : 6 and ye shall keep{H4931} it until the fourteenth{H702} day{H3117} of the same month;{H2320} and the whole{H3605} assembly{H6951} of the congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478} shall kill{H7819} it at{H996} even.{H6153}
• Exod 12:18 : 18 In the first{H7223} [month], on the fourteenth{H6240} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} at even,{H6153} ye shall eat{H398} unleavened bread,{H4682} until the one{H259} and twentieth{H6242} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} at even.{H6153}
• 2 Chr 29:17 : 17 Now they began{H2490} on the first{H259} [day] of the first{H7223} month{H2320} to sanctify,{H6942} and on the eighth{H8083} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} came{H935} they to the porch{H197} of Jehovah;{H3068} and they sanctified{H6942} the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} in eight{H8083} days:{H3117} and on the sixteenth{H8337} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320} they made an end.{H3615}