2 Chronicles 30:3 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves,  and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For they could not keep it at the set time because not enough priests had sanctified themselves, neither had the people assembled in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

Common English Bible

They had been unable to celebrate it at the usual time because the priests had failed to make themselves holy in sufficient numbers, and the people hadn’t gathered at Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For they had not been able to keep it at its proper time. For the priests, who were unable to suffice, had not been sanctified. And the people had not yet been gathered together in Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For they could not keep it in its time; because there were not priests enough sanctified, and the people was not as yet gathered together to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 30:3 Cross References