Verse 5

He said to them, 'Listen to me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and remove the impurity from the holy place.'

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han sa til dem: «Hør på meg, levitter! Nå må dere hellige dere selv og hellige hus for Herren, deres fedres Gud. Fjern alt som er urent fra helligdommen.»

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og han sa til dem: «Hør meg, dere levitter! Innviel dere nå, og innviel Herrens, deres fedres Guds, hus, og fjern urenheten fra helligdommen.»

• Norsk King James

  Og sa til dem: Hør meg, dere levitter, helliggjør dere nå, og helliggjør Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og fjern urenheten fra det hellige stedet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han sa til dem: Hør meg, levitter! Innvi dere selv nå og innvi Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og før ut alt det urene fra helligdommen.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han sa til dem: 'Hør på meg, levitter! Nå skal dere hellige dere selv og hellige Herrens, deres fedres Guds, hus. Fjern all urenhet fra helligdommen.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han sa til dem: Hør på meg, dere levitter! Nå skal dere hellige dere selv og hellige Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og føre ut urenheten fra det hellige stedet.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sa til dem: «Hør etter, dere levitter! Helliggjør dere nå, helliggjør Herrens, deres fedres Guds, hus, og fjern all urenhet fra det hellige stedet.»

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han sa til dem: Hør på meg, dere levitter! Nå skal dere hellige dere selv og hellige Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og føre ut urenheten fra det hellige stedet.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han sa til dem: 'Hør på meg, levitter! Nå må dere hellige dere selv og hellige Herrens, deres fedres Guds, hus, og fjern all urenhet fra helligdommen.'

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han sa til dem: 'Hør på meg, levitter! Nå må dere hellige dere selv og hellige Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og fjern urenheten fra Helligdommen.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde til dem: Hører mig, I Leviter, helliggjører nu eder selv, og helliggjører Herrens, eders Fædres Guds, Huus, og udfører den Slemhed af Helligdommen.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  og sa til dem: Hør på meg, dere levitter, hellige dere nå selv, og hellige Herrens, deres fedres Guds hus, og fjern urenheten fra det hellige stedet.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  And said to them, Hear me, Levites, sanctify yourselves now and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness from the holy place.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og sa til dem: Hør meg, levitter; hellige dere nå, og hellige Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og før ut all urenhet fra det hellige stedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sa til dem: «Hør, levitter! Nå, helliggjør dere selv, og helliggjør Herrens, deres fedres Guds hus, og fjern urenheten fra helligdommen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og sa til dem: Hør på meg, dere levitter! Nå skal dere hellige dere selv og hellige Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og fjern all urenheten fra det hellige stedet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og sa til dem: Hør på meg, levitter! Hellige dere nå, og hellige Herrens hus, deres fedres Gud, og fjern alt urent fra helligdommen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sayde vnto them: Herken vnto me ye Leuites, sanctifye youre selues now, yt ye maye halowe the house of the LORDE God of yor fathers, and put fylthines out of the Sanctuary:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And said vnto them, Heare me, ye Leuites: sanctifie nowe your selues, and sanctifie the house of the Lorde God of your fathers, and cary forth the filthinesse out of the Sanctuarie.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And saide vnto them: Heare me ye Leuites, and now be sanctified and halow the house of the Lorde God of your fathers, bring filthynesse out of the holy place.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and said to them, Hear me, you Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And he saith to them, `Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and said to them, "Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness out of the holy place.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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! Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 35:6 : 6 Slaughter the Passover lamb, consecrate yourselves, and prepare it for your brothers to carry out the word of the LORD given through Moses.
• 1 Chr 15:12 : 12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. Consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I prepared for it.
• 2 Chr 29:15-16 : 15 They gathered their fellow Levites, consecrated themselves, and went in as the king commanded, in accordance with the words of the LORD, to purify the house of the LORD. 16 The priests entered the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it. They brought out all the unclean things they found in the temple of the LORD and carried them to the courtyard of the house of the LORD. The Levites then took them and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
• 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 But because there were too few priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was completed and the priests had consecrated themselves, for the Levites were more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests.
• 2 Chr 34:3-8 : 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In the twelfth year, he started to purify Judah and Jerusalem by removing the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols. 4 In his presence, they tore down the altars of the Baals, and he cut down the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols, crushing them into powder, and he scattered the dust over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. 5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem. 6 He did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, and as far as Naphtali, in their ruins all around. 7 He tore down the altars and the Asherah poles, smashed the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. 8 In the eighteenth year of his reign, to cleanse the land and the temple, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city governor, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to restore the house of the LORD his God.
• Exod 19:10 : 10 The LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments.
• Exod 19:15 : 15 He said to the people, 'Be ready by the third day; do not go near a woman.'
• Ezek 8:3 : 3 He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the lock of my head. Then the spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north-facing inner gate, where the seat of the idol that provokes jealousy was located.
• Ezek 8:9-9 : 9 And He said to me, 'Go in and see the wicked abominations they are doing here.' 10 So I went in and looked, and behold, there were all sorts of carvings of crawling things, detestable animals, and all the idols of the house of Israel engraved on the walls all around. 11 Seventy elders of the house of Israel were standing there, with Jaazaniah, son of Shaphan, standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense was rising. 12 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each in the chamber of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’' 13 And He said to me, 'You will see even greater abominations that they are committing.' 14 Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these.' 16 Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, there were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, bowing down to the sun in the east. 17 And He said to me, 'Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence and continually anger Me. Behold, they are even putting the branch to their nose! 18 Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have compassion. Even though they cry out loudly in My ears, I will not hear them.'
• Ezek 36:25 : 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.
• Matt 21:12-13 : 12 Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves, 13 and he said to them, 'It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of thieves!'
• 1 Cor 3:16-17 : 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
• 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 What agreement can there be between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: 'I will dwell among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.'
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, completing holiness in the fear of God.
• Eph 5:26-27 : 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing of water through the word, 27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.