2 Chronicles 30:17

כִּי ־ רַבַּת בַּקָּהָל אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ הִתְקַדָּשׁוּ וְהַלְוִיִּם עַל ־ שְׁחִיטַת הַפְּסָחִים לְכֹל לֹא טָהוֹר לְהַקְדִּישׁ לַיהוָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

In Context

16וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ עַל ־ עָמְדָם כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם כְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה אִישׁ ־ הָאֱלֹהִים הַכֹּֽהֲנִים זֹרְקִים אֶת ־ הַדָּם מִיַּד הַלְוִיִּֽם ׃

18כִּי מַרְבִּית הָעָם רַבַּת מֵֽאֶפְרַיִם וּמְנַשֶּׁה יִשָּׂשכָר וּזְבֻלוּן לֹא הִטֶּהָרוּ כִּֽי ־ אָכְלוּ אֶת ־ הַפֶּסַח בְּלֹא כַכָּתוּב כִּי הִתְפַּלֵּל יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ עֲלֵיהֶם לֵאמֹר יְהוָה הַטּוֹב יְכַפֵּר בְּעַֽד ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 12:6וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ כֹּל קְהַל עֲדַֽת ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּין הָעַרְבָּֽיִם ׃

2 Chronicles 29:34רַק הַכֹּֽהֲנִים הָיוּ לִמְעָט וְלֹא יָֽכְלוּ לְהַפְשִׁיט אֶת ־ כָּל ־ הָעֹלוֹת וַֽיְּחַזְּקוּם אֲחֵיהֶם הַלְוִיִּם עַד ־ כְּלוֹת הַמְּלָאכָה וְעַד יִתְקַדְּשׁוּ הַכֹּֽהֲנִים כִּי הַלְוִיִּם יִשְׁרֵי לֵבָב לְהִתְקַדֵּשׁ מֵֽהַכֹּהֲנִֽים ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:14-21

The Celebration of the Passover. ( b. c. 726.) 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings… Read the whole commentary →

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