Verse 34

But the priests{H3548} were too few{H4592}, so that they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not flay{H6584}{(H8687)} all the burnt offerings{H5930}: wherefore their brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} did help{H2388}{(H8762)} them, till the work{H4399} was ended{H3615}{(H8800)}, and until the other priests{H3548} had sanctified{H6942}{(H8691)} themselves: for the Levites{H3881} were more upright{H3477} in heart{H3824} to sanctify{H6942}{(H8692)} themselves than the priests{H3548}.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 35:11 : 11 And they killed{H7819}{(H8799)} the passover{H6453}, and the priests{H3548} sprinkled{H2236}{(H8799)} the blood from their hands{H3027}, and the Levites{H3881} flayed{H6584}{(H8688)} them.
  • 2 Chr 30:3 : 3 For they could{H3201}{(H8804)} not keep{H6213}{(H8800)} it at that time{H6256}, because the priests{H3548} had not sanctified{H6942}{(H8694)} themselves sufficiently{H4078}{(H8676)}{H1767}, neither had the people{H5971} gathered themselves together{H622}{(H8738)} to Jerusalem{H3389}.
  • 2 Chr 30:16-17 : 16 And they stood{H5975}{(H8799)} in their place{H5977} after their manner{H4941}, according to the law{H8451} of Moses{H4872} the man{H376} of God{H430}: the priests{H3548} sprinkled{H2236}{(H8802)} the blood{H1818}, which they received of the hand{H3027} of the Levites{H3881}. 17 For there were many{H7227} in the congregation{H6951} that were not sanctified{H6942}{(H8694)}: therefore the Levites{H3881} had the charge of the killing{H7821} of the passovers{H6453} for every one that was not clean{H2889}, to sanctify{H6942}{(H8687)} them unto the LORD{H3068}.
  • Ps 7:10 : 10 My defence{H4043} is of God{H430}, which saveth{H3467}{(H8688)} the upright{H3477} in heart{H3820}.
  • Ps 26:6 : 6 I will wash{H7364}{(H8799)} mine hands{H3709} in innocency{H5356}: so will I compass{H5437}{(H8779)} thine altar{H4196}, O LORD{H3068}:
  • Ps 94:15 : 15 But judgment{H4941} shall return{H7725}{H8799)} unto righteousness{H6664}: and all the upright{H3477} in heart{H3820} shall follow{H310} it.
  • Num 8:15 : 15 And after{H310} that shall the Levites{H3881} go in{H935}{(H8799)} to do the service{H5647}{(H8800)} of the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}: and thou shalt cleanse{H2891}{(H8765)} them, and offer{H5130}{(H8689)} them for an offering{H8573}.
  • Num 8:19 : 19 And I have given{H5414}{(H8799)} the Levites{H3881} as a gift{H5414}{(H8803)} to Aaron{H175} and to his sons{H1121} from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, to do{H5647}{(H8800)} the service{H5656} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} in the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}, and to make an atonement{H3722}{(H8763)} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: that there be no plague{H5063} among the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, when the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} come nigh{H5066}{(H8800)} unto the sanctuary{H6944}.
  • Num 18:3 : 3 And they shall keep{H8104}{(H8804)} thy charge{H4931}, and the charge{H4931} of all the tabernacle{H168}: only they shall not come nigh{H7126}{(H8799)} the vessels{H3627} of the sanctuary{H6944} and the altar{H4196}, that neither they, nor ye also, die{H4191}{(H8799)}.
  • Num 18:6-7 : 6 And I, behold, I have taken{H3947}{(H8804)} your brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}: to you they are given{H5414}{(H8803)} as a gift{H4979} for the LORD{H3068}, to do{H5647}{(H8800)} the service{H5656} of the tabernacle{H168} of the congregation{H4150}. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons{H1121} with thee shall keep{H8104}{(H8799)} your priest's office{H3550} for every thing{H1697} of the altar{H4196}, and within{H1004} the vail{H6532}; and ye shall serve{H5647}{(H8804)}: I have given{H5414}{(H8799)} your priest's office{H3550} unto you as a service{H5656} of gift{H4979}: and the stranger{H2114}{(H8801)} that cometh nigh{H7131} shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I know{H3045}{(H8804)} also, my God{H430}, that thou triest{H974}{(H8802)} the heart{H3824}, and hast pleasure{H7521}{(H8799)} in uprightness{H3476}. As for me, in the uprightness{H4339} of mine heart{H3824} I have willingly offered{H5068}{(H8694)} all these things: and now have I seen{H7200}{(H8804)} with joy{H8057} thy people{H5971}, which are present{H4672}{(H8738)} here, to offer willingly{H5068}{(H8692)} unto thee.
  • 2 Chr 29:5 : 5 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} me, ye Levites{H3881}, sanctify{H6942}{(H8690)} now yourselves, and sanctify{H6942}{(H8761)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of your fathers{H1}, and carry forth{H3318}{(H8685)} the filthiness{H5079} out of the holy{H6944} place.