2 Chronicles 30:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Jehovah.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for there were many in the cogregacion which were not sanctified, therfore dyd the Leuites kyll Passeouer for them which were not clensed, that they mighte be sanctified vnto the LORDE.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Because there were many in the Congregation that were not sanctified, therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of ye Passeouer for all that were not cleane, to sanctifie it to the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified, and therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of the Passouer for euery one that was not cleane, to sanctifie him vnto the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to sanctify [them] unto the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for many `are' in the assembly who have not sanctified themselves, and the Levites `are' over the slaughtering of the passover-offerings for every one not clean, to sanctify `him' to Jehovah:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For there were still a number of the people there who had not made themselves holy: so the Levites had to put Passover lambs to death for those who were not clean, to make them holy to the Lord.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the LORD.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 29:34 : 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 35:3-6 : 3 And he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, 'Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. It shall not be a burden on your shoulders. Serve now the LORD your God and His people Israel.' 4 And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. 5 And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people, and according to the division of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
  • Exod 12:6 : 6 And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

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 30:18-19
    2 verses
    83%

    18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon everyone

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

  • Ezra 6:20
    79%

    20For 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 Chr 30:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover unto the LORD God of Israel.

    2For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the Passover in the second month.

    3For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 30:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Then 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.

    16And they stood in their place after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

  • 2 Chr 35:6
    76%

    6So kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

  • Num 9:6-7
    2 verses
    76%

    6And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover that day: and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day;

    7And those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the children of Israel?

  • 2 Chr 29:34
    76%

    34But 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.

  • Num 9:13
    75%

    13But the man who is clean and not on a journey and refrains from keeping the Passover, that same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he did not bring the offering of the LORD at its appointed time, that man shall bear his sin.

  • 2 Chr 35:10-14
    5 verses
    74%

    10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

    11And they killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites skinned them.

    12And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.

    13And they roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance, but the other holy offerings they cooked in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them quickly among all the people.

    14And afterward they made ready for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy in offering burnt offerings and the fat until night. Therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.

  • Num 8:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel and cleanse them.

    7And 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.

  • Num 8:15
    73%

    15After 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.

  • 1 Chr 15:14
    73%

    14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

  • Lev 15:31
    73%

    31Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they do not die in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.

  • Num 8:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20Thus Moses, Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children of Israel did to them.

    21The 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.

  • Josh 22:17
    72%

    17Is the sin of Peor not enough for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD,

  • Lev 10:17
    72%

    17'Why have you not eaten the sin offering in a holy place, since it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

  • Num 9:10
    72%

    10Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, yet he shall keep the Passover to the LORD.

  • Num 19:20
    72%

    20But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    72%

    5And 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 29:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And 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.

    16And 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.

  • 2 Chr 35:17
    71%

    17And the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
    71%

    11And 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:

  • Lev 16:17
    71%

    17And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of meeting when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he comes out, and has made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 30:24
    71%

    24For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the congregation a thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

  • 2 Chr 30:5
    71%

    5So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it in such a way for a long time as it was written.

  • Lev 17:3
    71%

    3Whatever man there is of the house of Israel, who kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or who kills it outside the camp,

  • 2 Chr 31:18
    71%

    18And to the genealogy of their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation, for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

  • 1 Chr 23:28
    71%

    28Because their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and in the work of the service of the house of God;

  • Lev 14:19
    70%

    19And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering:

  • Exod 30:20
    70%

    20When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they do not die; or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD:

  • Num 28:16
    70%

    16And on the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the LORD.

  • Heb 9:13
    70%

    13For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh,

  • Exod 12:21
    70%

    21Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, 'Select and take lambs for your families, and kill the Passover lamb.

  • Lev 22:16
    70%

    16Or cause them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

  • Luke 22:7
    70%

    7Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be sacrificed.

  • Neh 13:30
    70%

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

  • Lev 17:16
    70%

    16But if he does not wash them, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.