2 Chronicles 29:16

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 And also concerning Maachah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron.
  • Ezek 36:29 : 29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
  • Matt 21:12-13 : 12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold doves, 13 And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves.
  • Matt 23:27 : 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.
  • John 18:1 : 1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he entered with his disciples.
  • Heb 9:2-8 : 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the lampstand, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the sanctuary. 3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of All; 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant covered all around with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 5 And above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak in detail. 6 Now when these things were thus arranged, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, performing the service of God. 7 But into the second the high priest went alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the errors of the people: 8 The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing:
  • Heb 9:23-24 : 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
  • Exod 26:33-34 : 33 And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in there within the veil the ark of the testimony; and the veil shall divide for you between the holy place and the most holy. 34 And you shall put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
  • 2 Sam 15:23 : 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
  • 1 Kgs 6:19-20 : 19 And the oracle he prepared in the house inside, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 20 And the oracle in the front was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high; and he overlaid it with pure gold, and he covered the altar with cedar.
  • 2 Kgs 23:4-6 : 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 And he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem, those also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.
  • 2 Chr 3:8 : 8 And he made the most holy house, the length of which was according to the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the width was twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
  • 2 Chr 5:7 : 7 And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 29:15
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    15 And they gathered their brethren, sanctified themselves, and came according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 29:4-5
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    4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the eastern street,

    5 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.

  • 2 Chr 29:17-21
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    84%

    17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the porch of the LORD. So they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

    18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread, with all its utensils.

    19 Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz cast away during his reign in his transgression, we have prepared and sanctified, and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.

    20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

    21 And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

  • Neh 12:30
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    30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

  • 2 Chr 30:14-15
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    14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense they took away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

    15 Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.

  • Neh 13:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

    30 Thus I cleansed them of everything foreign, and I assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,

  • Neh 13:9
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    9 Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the rooms; and I brought back into them the vessels of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the frankincense.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
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    14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

  • Num 8:6-7
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    6 Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them.

    7 And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification upon them, let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and make themselves clean.

  • 2 Chr 34:5
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    5 And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
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    19 And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that no one who was unclean in any way should enter.

  • 2 Chr 34:8-10
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    8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

    9 And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered from the hand of Manasseh, Ephraim, and all the remnant of Israel, and all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

    10 And they put it into the hand of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen who worked in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:

  • 2 Kgs 23:4
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    4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

  • 2 Chr 29:34
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    34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings; therefore, their brethren the Levites helped them until the work was done, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves, for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

  • 2 Chr 34:30
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    30 And the king went up into the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 24:11
    74%

    11 Now it came to pass, that when the chest was brought to the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

  • 2 Kgs 23:6
    73%

    6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.

  • 2 Chr 36:14
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    14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 12:10
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    10 When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up, put the money into bags, and counted the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

  • Ezra 8:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29 Guard and keep them, until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

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

  • 2 Chr 33:15
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    15 And he removed the foreign gods and the idol 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 cast them out of the city.

  • 2 Chr 24:5
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    5 And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However, the Levites did not hasten it.

  • Ezra 6:20
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    20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

  • 2 Kgs 23:2
    73%

    2 And the king went up to the house of the LORD, with all the men of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
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    6 But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

  • Num 8:15
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    15 After that, the Levites shall go in to perform the service of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall cleanse them and offer them as a wave offering.

  • Neh 13:5
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    5 and he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the offerings for the priests.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
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    11 And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not wait by order:

  • 2 Kgs 22:4
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    4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered from the people:

  • 2 Chr 34:17
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    17 And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and to the hand of the workmen.

  • Lev 16:30
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    30 For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 30:17
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    17 For there were many in the congregation who were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the Passovers for everyone that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

  • Num 8:21
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    21 The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the LORD, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

  • Ezra 6:16
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    16 And the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,

  • Neh 13:22
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    22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and come and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy.

  • Ezek 42:14
    71%

    14 When the priests enter there, they shall not go out of the holy place into the outer court, but there they shall lay their garments in which they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and approach to those things which are for the people.

  • 2 Chr 30:19
    71%

    19 That prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

  • 1 Chr 28:13
    71%

    13 Also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and 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 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down and smashed them there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.