But the priests were few, and were not enough to flay the holocausts. Wherefore the Levites their brethren helped them, till the work was ended, and priests were sanctified. For the Levites are sanctified with an easier rite than the priests.
And they gathered together their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in according to the commandment of the king, and the precept of the Lord, to purify the house of God.
And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken. I will be sanctified in them that approach to me: and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace.
And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren; and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:
Now when the priests were come out of the sanctuary (for all the priests that could be found there were sanctified, and as yet at that time the courses and orders of the ministries were not divided among them)