2 Chronicles 29:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it to carry it out to the brook Kidron.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the priests{H3548} went{H935} in unto the inner part{H6441} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} to cleanse{H2891} it, and brought out{H3318} all the uncleanness{H2932} that they found{H4672} in the temple{H1964} of Jehovah{H3068} into the court{H2691} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068} And the Levites{H3881} took{H6901} it, to carry it out{H3318} abroad{H2351} to the brook{H5158} Kidron.{H6939}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And the priests{H3548} went{H935}{(H8799)} into the inner part{H6441} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, to cleanse{H2891}{(H8763)} it, and brought out{H3318}{(H8686)} all the uncleanness{H2932} that they found{H4672}{(H8804)} in the temple{H1964} of the LORD{H3068} into the court{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. And the Levites{H3881} took{H6901}{(H8762)} it, to carry it out{H3318}{(H8687)} abroad{H2351} into the brook{H5158} Kidron{H6939}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And the prestes entred within in the house of the LORDE to purifye, and put out all the vnclennes that was founde in the teple of the LORDE, in the courte of the LORDES house: and the prestes toke it vp, and caryed it out in to the broke Cedron.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And the Priests went into the inner partes of the house of the Lord, to clense it, & brought out all the vncleannesse that they founde in the Temple of the Lord, into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Leuites tooke it, to cary it out vnto the brooke Kidron.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And the priestes went into the inner partes of the house of the Lord to clense it, and brought out all the vnclennesse that they founde in the temple of the Lorde, into the court of the house of the Lorde: And the Leuites toke it, to cary it out into the brooke Cedron.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse [it], and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took [it], to carry [it] out abroad into the brook Kidron.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and the priests come in to the inner part of the house of Jehovah to cleanse `it', and bring out all the uncleanness that they have found in the temple of Jehovah to the court of the house of Jehovah, and the Levites receive `it', to take `it' out to the brook Kidron without.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of Jehovah, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Jehovah into the court of the house of Jehovah. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it away to the stream Kidron.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The priests then entered the LORD’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the LORD’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 15:16 : 16 King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made an obscene image for Asherah. Asa cut down her obscene image, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
  • Ezek 36:29 : 29 I will save you from all your uncleannesses. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.
  • 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!'
  • Matt 23:27 : 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and all impurity.
  • John 18:1 : 1 After Jesus had said these things, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley to a place where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered.
  • Heb 9:2-8 : 2 For a tabernacle was prepared, the first room containing the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the bread, which is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place. 4 It had the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered with gold on all sides. Inside the ark were a golden jar containing the manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the tablets of the covenant. 5 Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot now speak about these things in detail. 6 When these things were arranged this way, the priests would regularly enter the first room of the tabernacle to perform their ministry. 7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and only once a year, never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. 8 By this, the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
  • Heb 9:23-24 : 23 Therefore, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves require better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.
  • Exod 26:33-34 : 33 You shall hang the veil under the clasps and bring the Ark of the Testimony inside the veil, and the veil shall separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place for you. 34 You shall place the mercy seat on the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
  • 2 Sam 15:23 : 23 The whole countryside wept aloud as the king and all the people passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley, and the people moved on toward the wilderness.
  • 1 Kgs 6:19-20 : 19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the house to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there. 20 The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.
  • 2 Kgs 23:4-6 : 4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second rank, and the gatekeepers to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and scattered their ashes on the graves of the people. 5 He also removed the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah, those who burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem. He removed those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, the constellations, and all the host of heaven. 6 He brought out the Asherah pole from the house of the Lord to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to ashes, and threw the ashes on the graves of the common people.
  • 2 Chr 3:8 : 8 He made the Most Holy Place in the inner sanctuary. Its length was twenty cubits, corresponding to the width of the house, and its width was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
  • 2 Chr 5:7 : 7 The priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and placed it beneath the wings of the cherubim.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 29:15
    86%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 29:4-5
    2 verses
    84%

    4 He brought in the priests and the Levites, and he gathered them in the open square on the east.

    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.'

  • 2 Chr 29:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17 They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month, they reached the vestibule of the LORD. For eight days, they consecrated the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month, they completed their work.

    18 Then they went to King Hezekiah and said, 'We have purified the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table for the bread of the Presence with all its utensils.'

    19 Moreover, all the utensils that King Ahaz discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated, and they are now before the altar of the LORD.

    20 Early in the morning, King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

    21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah, and he instructed the descendants of Aaron, the priests, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

  • Neh 12:30
    79%

    30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

  • 2 Chr 30:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14 They removed the altars in Jerusalem, as well as all the incense altars, and threw them into the Kidron Valley.

    15 They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites, ashamed of their neglect, consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the LORD.

  • Neh 13:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

    30 Thus I purified them from everything foreign and assigned duties to the priests and Levites, each to his task.

  • Neh 13:9
    76%

    9 Then I ordered the rooms to be purified, and I brought back the articles of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the incense.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    76%

    14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • Num 8:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them.

    7 This is how you will purify them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification, have them shave their entire bodies with a razor, and have them wash their clothes and purify themselves.

  • 2 Chr 34:5
    75%

    5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    75%

    19 He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one who was unclean in any way could enter.

  • 2 Chr 34:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

    9 They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought to the house of God, which the Levites, the gatekeepers, had collected from Manasseh, Ephraim, and the remnant of Israel, as well as all Judah, Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

    10 They gave it into the hands of the supervisors of the work being done on the house of the LORD, who then gave it to the workmen repairing and restoring the temple.

  • 2 Kgs 23:4
    74%

    4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second rank, and the gatekeepers to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and scattered their ashes on the graves of the people.

  • 2 Chr 29:34
    74%

    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 34:30
    74%

    30 The king went up to the house of the LORD with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, from the greatest to the least. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 24:11
    74%

    11 Whenever the chest was brought to the king's steward by the Levites, and they saw there was a large amount of money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came, emptied the chest, and returned it to its place. They did this day after day and collected a great amount of money.

  • 2 Kgs 23:6
    73%

    6 He brought out the Asherah pole from the house of the Lord to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to ashes, and threw the ashes on the graves of the common people.

  • 2 Chr 36:14
    73%

    14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations. They defiled the house of the LORD, which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 12:10
    73%

    10 Jehoiada the priest took a chest, bored a hole in its lid, and placed it beside the altar, on the right side as one enters the temple of the LORD. The priests guarding the threshold deposited into it all the money brought to the temple of the LORD.

  • Ezra 8:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29 Be diligent and guard them until you weigh them out in the presence of the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the LORD.

    30 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, gold, and vessels to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.

  • 2 Chr 33:15
    73%

    15 He removed the foreign gods and the image from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

  • 2 Chr 24:5
    73%

    5 He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect from all Israel money to repair the house of your God annually. Hurry and do this task." But the Levites did not act quickly.

  • Ezra 6:20
    73%

    20 The priests and Levites had purified themselves together, and all of them were ceremonially clean. They slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

  • 2 Kgs 23:2
    73%

    2 The king went up to the house of the Lord, along with all the men of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, from the youngest to the oldest. There, he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    73%

    6 Let no one enter the house of the Lord except the priests and those Levites who are serving. They may enter because they are holy, but all the people must keep the Lord's command.

  • Num 8:15
    72%

    15 After this, the Levites may go in to serve at the tent of meeting. You shall purify them and present them as a wave offering.

  • Neh 13:5
    72%

    5 He had provided Tobiah with a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, incense, temple articles, tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were prescribed for the Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
    72%

    11 When the priests came out of the holy place, for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves without regard to their divisions,

  • 2 Kgs 22:4
    72%

    4 “Go to Hilkiah the high priest, so that he may count the silver brought into the house of the LORD, which the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

  • 2 Chr 34:17
    72%

    17 They have collected the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have handed it over to the supervisors and workers in charge of the work."

  • Lev 16:30
    72%

    30 Because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then you will be clean before the LORD from all your sins.

  • 2 Chr 30:17
    71%

    17 Since many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were responsible for slaughtering the Passover lambs for everyone who was not ceremonial clean to dedicate them to the LORD.

  • Num 8:21
    71%

    21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

  • Ezra 6:16
    71%

    16 The people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

  • Neh 13:22
    71%

    22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me also for this, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

  • Ezek 42:14
    71%

    14 When the priests enter, they must not go out from the holy place to the outer court, but they must leave their garments in which they minister there, for they are holy. They shall wear other garments before they come near to the area accessible to the people.

  • 2 Chr 30:19
    71%

    19 who sets their heart on seeking God—the LORD, the God of their ancestors—even if they are not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary.'

  • 1 Chr 28:13
    71%

    13 He specified the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 23:12
    71%

    12 The king tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz's upper chamber, the ones the kings of Judah had made. He also destroyed the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. He removed them from there, ground them to dust, and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.