They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by YHWH’s words, to cleanse the house of YHWH.
For their duty was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of YHWH—in the courts, in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of God’s house;
and said to them, “Listen to me, y’all Levites! Now y’all must sanctify yourselves*, and sanctify the house of YHWH, the God of y’all’s ancestors, and remove the filthiness out of the holy place.