Verse 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.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Prestene og levittene hadde renset seg, alle som én, og de var alle rene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  For prestene og levittene hadde sammen renset seg, de var alle rene, og de slaktet påskelammet for alle de tilbakevendte, for sine brødre, prestene, og for seg selv.

• Norsk King James

  For prestene og levittene var renset sammen, de var alle rene, og de ofret påskeoffer for fangenskapets barn, og for sine brødre, prestene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg som én mann, de var alle rene. De slaktet påskelammet for alle de bortførte, for sine prestebrødre, og for seg selv.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg som én mann. De var alle rene, og de slaktet påskelammene for alle som hadde vendt tilbake fra fangenskapet, for sine prestebrødre og for seg selv.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg, de var alle rene, og ofret påskelammet for alle fangenskapets barn, for sine brødre prestene og for seg selv.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For prestene og levittene ble sammen renset; alle var blitt rene, og de slaktet påsken for alle de bortførte, for sine brødre prestene og for seg selv.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg, de var alle rene, og ofret påskelammet for alle fangenskapets barn, for sine brødre prestene og for seg selv.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg som en, alle var rene, og de slaktet påsken for alle de hjemvendte og for sine prestebrødre og for seg selv.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  For prestene og levittene hadde lutret seg, alle var rene. De slaktet påskelammet for alle som hadde vendt tilbake fra fangenskapet, for sine medprester og for seg selv.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Thi Præsterne og Leviterne vare rensede som een (Mand), de vare alle rene; og de slagtede Paaske for alle de Folk, som havde været bortførte, og for deres Brødre, Præsterne, og for sig selv.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg, alle var rene, og slaktet påskelammet for alle fangenskapets barn, for sine brødre prestene, og for seg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg sammen; alle var rene: og de slaktet påskelammet for alle barna av fangenskapet, og for deres brødre prestene, og for seg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  for prestene og levittene hadde alle renset seg – de var alle rene – og de slaktet påskelammet for alle de tilbakevendte fra fangenskapet, for deres brødre prestene og for seg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  For prestene og levittene hadde renset seg selv, og de alle var rene: og de slaktet påskelammet for alle de tilbakevendte og for sine egne brødre prestene, og for seg selv.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  For prestene og levittene hadde alle renset seg; de var alle rene: og de slaktet påskelammet for alle de hjemvendte, for deres brødre prestene og for seg selv.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  for ye prestes and Leuites had purified them selues, so yt they were all cleane as one man, and kylled Passeouer for all the children of the captyuite, and for their brethre the prestes, and for them selues.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  (For the Priests and the Leuites were purified altogether) and they killed the Passeouer for all the children of the captiuitie, & for their brethren the Priests, and for themselues.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For the priestes and Leuites were purified all together, & killed Passouer for all the children of the captiuitie, and for their brethren the priestes, and for them selues.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for the priests and the Levites have been purified together -- all of them `are' pure -- and they slaughter the passover for all the sons of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For the priests and the Levites had made themselves clean together; they were all clean: and they put the Passover lamb to death for all those who had come back, and for their brothers the priests and for themselves.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the Passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The priests and the Levites had purified themselves, every last one, and they all were ceremonially pure. They sacrificed the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their colleagues the priests, and for themselves.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 35:11 : 11 And they killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites skinned them.
• 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 30:15-17 : 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. 16 And 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. 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.
• Heb 7:27 : 27 Who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for he did this once, when he offered up himself.
• Exod 12:21 : 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, 'Select and take lambs for your families, and kill the Passover lamb.