2 Chronicles 29:15 - Easy To Read Version Then these Levites gathered their brothers together and made themselves ready for holy service in the temple. {\cf2\super [342]} They obeyed the king’s command that came from the Lord. They went into the Lord’s temple to clean it. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and went in, as the king had commanded by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah. Common English Bible These men gathered their relatives, made themselves holy, and went in to purify the LORD’s temple by obeying the king’s command as the LORD had told him. Catholic Public Domain Version And they gathered together their brothers. And they were sanctified. And they entered in accord with the command of the king and the order of the Lord, so that they might expiate the house of God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
The Levites {\cf2\super [253]} had the job of helping Aaron’s descendants {\cf2\super [254]} in the service of the Lord’s temple. {\cf2\super [255]} The Levites also cared for the temple yard and the side rooms in the temple. They had the job of making all holy things pure. It was their job to serve in God’s temple.
Also, in Judah God’s power united the people so that they would obey the king and his officials. In this way they obeyed the word of the Lord.
All the priests that were there did the ceremony to make themselves holy. Then, as the priests came out of the Holy Place, {\cf2\super [85]} they stood together, but not in their special groups.
I gave commands for those rooms to be made pure and clean. Then I put the temple dishes and things, the grain offerings, and the incense back into those rooms.