2 Chronicles 30:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁷ for there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, and so the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ For many were in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves [become clean and free from all sin]. So the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all who were not clean, in order to make them holy to the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Since many in the congregation hadn’t made themselves holy, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs, making them holy to the LORD for all who weren’t ceremonially clean.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ because a great number were not sanctified. And therefore, the Levites immolated the Passover for those who had not been sanctified to the Lord in time.

2 Chronicles 30:17 Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:34

However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them  until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious  , to consecrate themselves than the priests were.

Exodus 12:6

You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

Ezekiel 44:11

Yet they will occupy my sanctuary, serving as guards at the temple gates  and ministering at the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings  and other sacrifices for the people and will stand before them to serve them.

Numbers 9:7

and said to him, ‘We are unclean because of a human corpse. Why should we be excluded from presenting the Lord’s offering at its appointed time with the other Israelites? ’

John 11:55

Now the Jewish Passover  was near, and many went up to Jerusalem  from the country to purify themselves before the Passover.