rsv 2Chronicles:29:5-11 SEEK
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and said to them , "
Hear me ,
Levites !
Now sanctify yourselves ,
and sanctify the house of the LORD ,
the God of your fathers ,
and carry out the filth from the holy place .
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For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God ;
they have forsaken him ,
and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD ,
and turned their backs .
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They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps ,
and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel .
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Therefore the wrath of the LORD came on Judah and Jerusalem ,
and he has made them an object of horror ,
of astonishment ,
and of hissing ,
as you see with your own eyes .
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For lo ,
our fathers have fallen by the sword and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this .
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Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
that his fierce anger may turn away from us .
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My sons ,
do not now be negligent ,
for the LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence ,
to minister to him ,
and to be his ministers and burn incense to him ."