2 Chronicles 29:34

But the priests were few, and could not flay the whole burnt offering, so their brethren the Levites helped them, until the work was finished, and until the priests had purified themselves: for the Levites more zealously purified themselves than the priests.

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In The King James Version

But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

In Context

33And the consecrated calves were six hundred, and the sheep three thousand.

35And the whole burnt offering was abundant, with the fat of the complete peace offering, and the drink offerings of the whole burnt sacrifice. So the service was established in the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

Numbers 8:15And afterward the Levites shall go in to perform the works of the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt purify them, and present them before the Lord.

Numbers 18:3And they shall keep thy charges, and the charges of the tabernacle; only they shall not approach the holy vessels and the altar, so both they and you shall not die.

2 Kings 12:6let the priests take it to themselves, every man from the proceeds of his sale: and they shall repair the breaches of the house in all places wheresoever a breach shall be found.

2 Chronicles 29:5and said to them, Hear, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and cast out the impurity from the holy places.

2 Chronicles 30:15Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites repented, and purified themselves, and brought whole burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 35:11And they slew the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed the victims.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:21-36

Hezekiah's Sacrifice. ( b. c. 726.) 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord . 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord . 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they… Read the whole commentary →

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