2 Chronicles 29:34

New Century Version

There were not enough priests to skin all the animals for the burnt offerings. So their relatives the Levites helped them until the work was finished and other priests could be made holy. The Levites had been more careful to make themselves holy for the Lord’s service than the priests.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:6

But by the twenty-third year Joash was king, the priests still had not repaired the Temple.

1 Chronicles 29:17

I know, my God, that you test people’s hearts. You are happy when people do what is right. I was happy to give all these things, and I gave with an honest heart. Your people gathered here are happy to give to you, and I rejoice to see their giving.

2 Chronicles 29:33

The holy offerings totaled six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep and goats.

2 Chronicles 29:5

Hezekiah said, “Listen to me, Levites. Make yourselves ready for the Lord’s service, and make holy the Temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove from the Temple everything that makes it impure.

2 Chronicles 30:15

They killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed, so they made themselves holy and brought burnt offerings into the Temple of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 30:24

Hezekiah king of Judah gave one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep to the people. The officers gave one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep to the people. Many priests made themselves holy.

2 Chronicles 30:3

They could not celebrate it at the normal time, because not enough priests had made themselves ready to serve the Lord, and the people had not yet gathered in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 35:11

The Passover lambs were killed. Then the Levites skinned the animals and gave the blood to the priests, who sprinkled it on the altar.

Ezra 6:20

The priests and Levites had made themselves clean. Then the Levites killed the Passover lambs for all the people who had returned from captivity, for their relatives the priests, and for themselves.

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands to show I am innocent, and I come to your altar, Lord.

Psalm 7:10

God protects me like a shield; he saves those whose hearts are right.

Psalm 94:15

Judgment will again be fair, and all who are honest will follow it.

Ezekiel 44:11

These Levites are to be servants in my Holy Place. They may guard the gates of the Temple and serve in the Temple area. They may kill the animals for the burnt offering and the sacrifices for the people. They may stand before the people to serve them.

Numbers 18:3

They are under your control, to do all the work that needs to be done in the Tent. But they must not go near the things in the Holy Place or near the altar. If they do, both you and they will die.

Numbers 8:15

“Make the Levites pure, and present them as an offering so that they may come to work at the Meeting Tent.

Numbers 8:19

From all the Israelites I have given the Levites to Aaron and his sons so that they may serve the Israelites at the Meeting Tent. They will help remove the Israelites’ sins so they will belong to the Lord and so that no disaster will strike the Israelites when they approach the Holy Place.”