2Chronicles:29

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* And Ezekias (note :)Gr . reigned (:note ) began to reign at the age of twenty-five years , and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem : and his mother ’s name was Abia , daughter of Zacharias . * And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father David had done . * And it came to pass , when he (note :)Gr . stood (:note ) was established over his kingdom , in the first month , he opened the doors of the house of the Lord , and repaired them . * And he brought in the priests and the Levites , and put them on the east side , * and said to them , Hear , ye Levites : now sanctify yourselves , and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers , and cast out the impurity from the holy places . * For our fathers have revolted , and done that which was evil before the Lord our God , and have forsaken him , and have turned away their face from the tabernacle of the Lord , and have turned their back . * And they have shut up the doors of the temple , and put out the lamps , and have not burnt incense , and have not offered whole-burnt-offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel . * And the Lord was very angry with Juda and Jerusalem , and made them an astonishment , and a desolation , and a hissing , as ye see with your eyes . * And , behold , your fathers have been smitten with the sword , and your sons and your daughters and your wives are in captivity in a land not their own , as it is even now . * Therefore it is now in my heart to make a (note :)Or , my covenant (:note ) covenant , a covenant with the Lord God of Israel , Gr . and he shall that he may turn away his fierce wrath from us . * And now be not wanting to your duty , for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister , and to be ministers and burners of incense to him . * Then the Levites rose up , Maath the son of Amasi , and Joel the son of Azarias , of the sons of Caath : and of the sons of Merari , Kis the son of Abdi , and Azarias the son of Haelel : and of the sons of Gedsoni , Jodaad the son of Zemmath , and Joadam : these were the sons of Joacha . * And of the sons of Elisaphan ; Zambri , and Jeiel : and of the sons of Asaph ; Zacharias , and Matthanias : * and of the sons of Æman ; Jeiel , and Semei : and of the sons of Idithun ; Samaisa , and Oziel . * And they gathered their brethren , and they purified themselves according to the king ’s command by the order of the Lord , to purify the house of the Lord . * And the priests entered into the house of the Lord , to purify it , and they cast out all the uncleanness that was found in the house of the Lord , even into the court of the house of the Lord : and the Levites received it to cast into the brook of Kedron without . * And Ezekias began on the first day , even on the new moon of the first month , to purify , and on the eighth day of the month they entered into the temple of the Lord : and they purified the house of the Lord in eight days ; and on the (note :)Alex . 16th (:note ) thirteenth day of the first month they finished the work . * And they went in to king Ezekias , and said , We have purified all the things in the house of the Lord , the altar of whole-burnt-offering , and its vessels , and the table of shew-bread , and its vessels ; * and all the vessels which king Achaz polluted in his reign , in his apostasy , we have prepared and purified : behold , they are before the altar of the Lord . * And king Ezekias rose early in the morning , and gathered the chief men of the city , and went up to the house of the Lord . * And he brought seven calves , seven rams , seven lambs , seven kids of goats for a sin-offering , for the kingdom , and for the holy things , and for Israel : and he told the priests the sons of Aaron to go up to the altar of the Lord . * And they slew the calves , and the priests received the blood , and poured it on the altar : and they slew the rams , and poured the blood upon the altar : also they slew the lambs , and poured the blood round the altar . * And they brought the goats for a sin-offering before the king and the congregation ; and laid their hands upon them . * And the priests slew them , and offered their blood as a propitiation on the altar ; and they made atonement for all Israel : for the king said , The whole-burnt-offering , and the sin-offering are for all Israel . * And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals , and lutes , and harps , according to the commandment of king David , and of Gad the king ’s seer , and Nathan the prophet : for by the commandment of the Lord the order was in the hand of the prophets . * And the Levites stood with the instruments of David , and the priests with the trumpets . * And Ezekias told them to offer up the whole-burnt-offering on the altar : and when they began to offer the whole-burnt-offering , they began to sing to the Lord , and the trumpets accompanied the instruments of David king of Israel . * And all the congregation worshipped , and the psalm-singers were singing , and the trumpets sounding , until the whole-burnt-sacrifice had been (note :)Gr . completed (:note ) completely offered . * And when they had done offering it , the king and all that were (note :)Gr . found ; Hebraism (:note ) present bowed , and worshipped . * And king Ezekias and the princes told the Levites to sing hymns to the Lord in the words of David , and of Asaph the prophet : and they sang hymns with gladness , and fell down and worshipped . * Then Ezekias answered and said , Now ye have (note :)Gr . filled your hands (:note ) consecrated yourselves to the Lord , bring near and offer sacrifices of praise in the house of the Lord . And the congregation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the Lord ; and every one who was ready in his heart brought whole-burnt-offerings . * And the number of the (note :)Gr . singular (:note ) whole-burnt-offerings which the congregation brought , was seventy calves , a hundred rams , two hundred lambs : all these were for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord . * And the consecrated calves were six hundred , and the sheep three thousand . * But the priests were few , and could not flay the whole-burnt-offering , so their brethren the Levites helped them , until the work was finished , and until the priests had purified themselves : for the Levites more zealously purified themselves than the priests . * And the whole-burnt-offering was abundant , with the (note :)Gr . fats (:note ) fat of the The Hebrews . is here doubly translated complete peace-offering , and the drink-offerings of the whole-burnt-sacrifice . So the service Or , was rightly ordered was established in the house of the Lord . * And Ezekias and all the people rejoiced , because God has prepared the people : for the thing was done suddenly .

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