II Chronicles 29

1And, Hezekiah, began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and, twenty-nine years, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, the name of his mother, was Abijah, daughter of Zechariah.

5and said unto them, Hear me, O Levites! Now, hallow yourselves, and hallow the house of Yahweh, God of your fathers, and take forth the impure thing out of the holy place.

2 Chronicles 35:6, 2 Chronicles 35:6, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 1 Corinthians 3:17, 1 Corinthians 3:16

6For our fathers have acted unfaithfully and done the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh our God, and have forsaken him,-and have turned round their faces from the habitation of Yahweh, and have offered their backs.

Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 8:16, Jeremiah 2:27, Jeremiah 2:27, 2 Chronicles 28:2

7Moreover they have shut up the doors of the porch, and have quenched the lamps, and, incense, have they not burned,-and, ascending-sacrifice, have they not caused to go up in the holy place, unto the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 28:24, 2 Chronicles 28:24, Leviticus 24:2, Leviticus 24:8, Leviticus 24:2

8Thus hath it come to pass, that, the wrath of Yahweh, hath been upon Judah and Jerusalem,—and he hath delivered them up as a terror and as an astonishment and as hissing, even as, ye, can see with your own eyes.

Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:18, 2 Chronicles 24:18

9And lo! our fathers have fallen by the sword, and, our sons and our daughters and our wives, are in captivity for this.

2 Chronicles 28:17, 2 Chronicles 28:17, 2 Chronicles 28:5, 2 Chronicles 28:8, 2 Chronicles 28:5

10Now, is it near my heart, to solemnise a covenant unto Yahweh, God of Israel,—that he may turn from him the glow of his anger.

Jeremiah 50:5, Jeremiah 50:5, 2 Chronicles 23:16, 2 Chronicles 23:16, Ezra 10:3

11My sons! now, do not be faulty,—for, of you, hath Yahweh made choice, to stand before him, and to wait upon him, and to be his attendants and burners of incense.

Deuteronomy 10:8, Deuteronomy 10:8, Numbers 8:6, Numbers 8:14, Galatians 6:7

12Then arose the Levites—Mahath son of Amasai, and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites, and, of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi, and Azariah son of Jehallelel,—and, of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah, and Eden son of Joah;

1 Chronicles 6:44, Numbers 4:2, Numbers 4:20, 1 Chronicles 23:7, 1 Chronicles 23:23

13and, of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel,—and, of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah, and Mattaniah;

1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 6:39, 1 Chronicles 15:8, 1 Chronicles 15:8, Leviticus 10:4

14and, of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei,—and, of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah, and Uzziel;

1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 6:33, 1 Chronicles 25:3, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:6

15and they gathered together their brethren, who hallowed themselves, and came in according to the command of the king, in the things of Yahweh,—to purify the house of Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 23:28, 2 Chronicles 30:12, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 2 Chronicles 30:12, 2 Chronicles 29:5

16So the priests entered into the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to make purification, and they brought out every unclean thing which they found in the temple of Yahweh, into the court of the house of Yahweh,—where the Levites received it, to carry it forth to the Kidron ravine outside.

2 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 3:8, Exodus 26:33, Exodus 26:34

17And they began, on the first of the first month, to hallow,—and, on the eighth day of the month, they came to the porch of Yahweh, so they hallowed the house of Yahweh in eight days,—and, on the sixteenth day of the first month, they finished.

2 Chronicles 29:3, 2 Chronicles 29:7, 2 Chronicles 3:4, 1 Kings 6:3, 1 Chronicles 28:11

18Then came they in unto Hezekiah the king, and said, We have purified all the house of Yahweh,—the altar of ascending-sacrifice, and all the utensils thereof, and the table for setting in array, and all the utensils thereof.

2 Chronicles 4:7, 2 Chronicles 4:8, 2 Chronicles 4:1, 2 Chronicles 13:11, 2 Chronicles 4:7

19And, all the utensils which King Ahaz in his reign rejected when he acted unfaithfully, have we made ready and hallowed,—and, there they are, before the altar of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 28:24, 2 Chronicles 28:24

20So Hezekiah the king rose up early, and gathered together the rulers of the city,—and went up to the house of Yahweh.

Genesis 22:3, Exodus 24:4, Joshua 6:12, Jeremiah 25:4, Genesis 22:3

21And they brought in seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven young sheep, and seven he-goats for bearing sin, for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah,—and he bade the sons of Aaron, the priests, cause them to ascend upon the altar of Yahweh.

Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:14, Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:14, Job 42:8

22So they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and dashed it against the altar,—and they slaughtered the rams, and dashed the blood against the altar, and slaughtered the young sheep, and dashed the blood against the altar.

Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 4:18, Leviticus 8:19, Leviticus 8:24, Leviticus 8:19

23And they brought near the he-goats for bearing sin, before the king, and the convocation,—and they leaned their hands upon them;

Leviticus 4:15, Leviticus 4:15, Leviticus 4:24, Leviticus 1:4, Leviticus 4:24

24and the priests slaughtered them, and sin-cleansed, with their blood, the altar, to put a propitiatory-covering over all Israel,-because, for all Israel, did the king appoint the ascending-sacrifice and the offering for bearing sin.

Hebrews 2:17, Ezekiel 45:17, Leviticus 14:20, Colossians 1:20, Colossians 1:21

25And he caused the Levites to stand in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals and with harps and with lyres, by the commandment of David, and of Gad the seer of the king, and of Nathan the prophet,—for, by the hand of Yahweh, came the commandment by the hand of his prophets.

2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Chronicles 8:14, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 16:42

26So the Levites took their stand, with the instruments of David, and the priests, with the trumpets.

1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 15:24, 1 Chronicles 15:24, Amos 6:5

27And Hezekiah gave word, to cause the ascending-sacrifice to go up on the altar,—and, when the ascending-sacrifice began, the singing unto Yahweh began, and the trumpets, even under the direction of the instruments of David, king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 23:18, 2 Chronicles 23:18, 2 Chronicles 20:21, Psalms 137:3, Psalms 137:4

28And, all the convocation, were bowing themselves in prostration, and, the song, was resounding and the trumpets were blowing,-the whole, until the completing of the ascending-sacrifice.

Revelation 5:8, Revelation 5:14, Psalms 89:15, Psalms 68:24, Psalms 68:26

29And, when the offering was complete, the king knelt down and all who were present with him, and bowed themselves in prostration.

2 Chronicles 20:18, 2 Chronicles 20:18, 1 Chronicles 29:20, Romans 14:11, Psalms 72:11

30And Hezekiah the king and the rulers gave word to the Levites, to offer praise unto Yahweh, in the words of David, and of Asaph the seer,—so they offered praise right joyfully, and bent their heads and bowed themselves in prostration.

Psalms 32:11, Psalms 33:1, 1 Chronicles 16:7, 1 Chronicles 16:36, Philippians 4:4

31Then responded Hezekiah and said—Now, have ye consecrated yourselves unto Yahweh. Draw near, and bring in sacrifices and thank-offerings unto the house of Yahweh,-So the convocation brought sacrifices and thank-offerings, and, everyone of a willing heart, [brought] ascending-sacrifices.

2 Chronicles 13:9, 2 Chronicles 13:9, Exodus 35:22, Exodus 35:22, Leviticus 1:1

32And it came to pass that, the number of ascending-sacrifices which the convocation brought, was—seventy bullocks, and a hundred rams, and two hundred young sheep,—as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, all these.

1 Kings 8:63, Ezra 6:17, 1 Chronicles 29:21, 1 Kings 3:4, 1 Kings 8:63

33But, the hallowed beasts, were six hundred bullocks, and three thousand sheep.

34Only, the priests, were too few, and were unable to flay all the ascending-sacrifices,—so their brethren the Levites strengthened them, until the work was complete and until the priests had hallowed themselves, for, the Levites, were more upright in heart to hallow themselves, than the priests.

2 Chronicles 35:11, 2 Chronicles 35:11, 2 Chronicles 30:3, 2 Chronicles 30:3, 2 Chronicles 30:16

35Moreover also, the ascending-sacrifices, were in abundance, with the fat portions of the peace-offerings, and with the drink-offerings to every ascending-sacrifice,-thus was established the service of the house of Yahweh.

Exodus 29:13, Numbers 15:5, Numbers 15:10, Exodus 29:13, Numbers 15:5

36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because God had established it for the people,—for, suddenly, had the thing come about.

Ezra 6:22, Acts 2:41, 1 Chronicles 29:9, Proverbs 16:1, Psalms 10:17

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