Verse 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}.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 29:34 : 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}.
• Exod 12:6 : 6 And ye shall keep{H4931} it up until the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day{H3117} of the same month{H2320}: and the whole{H3605} assembly{H6951} of the congregation{H5712} of Israel{H3478} shall kill{H7819}{(H8804)} it in{H996} the evening{H6153}.
• Exod 12:18 : 18 In the first{H7223} month, on the fourteenth{H6240}{H702} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} at even{H6153}, ye shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} unleavened bread{H4682}, until the one{H259} and twentieth{H6242} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} at even{H6153}.
• 2 Chr 29:17 : 17 Now they began{H2490}{(H8686)} on the first{H259} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320} to sanctify{H6942}{(H8763)}, and on the eighth{H8083} day{H3117} of the month{H2320} came{H935}{(H8804)} they to the porch{H197} of the LORD{H3068}: so they sanctified{H6942}{(H8762)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} in eight{H8083} days{H3117}; and in the sixteenth{H8337}{H6240} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320} they made an end{H3615}{(H8765)}.