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Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary. <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Living Translation</a> He said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Purify yourselves, and purify the Temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove all the defiled things from the sanctuary. <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Standard Version</a> and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place. <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> “Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity. <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">King James Bible</a> And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/29.htm">New King James Version</a> and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place. <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out of the holy place. <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then he said to them, &#8220Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place. <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place. <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then he said to them, “Listen to me, O Levites. Set yourselves apart now as holy, and set apart as holy the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the holy place. <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then he said to them, “Levites, listen to me! Now consecrate (dedicate) yourselves and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and get the filth [of idol worship] out of the Holy Place. <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> He said to them, “Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place. <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> He said to them, &#8220Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of Yahweh, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place. <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/29.htm">American Standard Version</a> and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and said: It's time to purify the temple of the LORD God of our ancestors. You Levites must first go through the ceremony to make yourselves clean, then go into the temple and bring out everything that is unclean and unacceptable to the LORD. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/29.htm">English Revised Version</a> and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites; now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He said to them, "Listen to me, Levites. Perform the ceremonies to make the temple of the LORD God of your ancestors holy. Remove anything that has been corrupted from the holy place. <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Good News Translation</a> and spoke to them there. He said, "You Levites are to consecrate yourselves and purify the Temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove from the Temple everything that defiles it. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/29.htm">International Standard Version</a> and told them, "Pay attention to me, you descendants of Levi! Consecrate yourselves and the Temple of the LORD God of your ancestors by taking out from the Holy Place whatever is unclean. <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?Listen to me, O Levites,? he said. ?Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity. <a href="/net/2_chronicles/29.htm">NET Bible</a> He said to them: "Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the LORD God of your ancestors! Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean! <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and said to them, "Listen to me, you Levites. Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness out of the holy place. <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And said to them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/29.htm">World English Bible</a> and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry the filthiness out of the holy place. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he says to them, “Hear me, O Levites, now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of YHWH, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the holy place, <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he saith to them, 'Hear me, O Levites, now, sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Jehovah, God of your fathers, and bring out the impurity from the sanctuary, <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will say to them, Hear me, ye Levites: now consecrate yourselves and consecrate the house of Jehovah the God of your fathers, and bring forth the uncleanness from the holy place.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he said to them: Hear me, ye Levites, and be sanctified, purify the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and take away all filth out of the sanctuary. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he said to them: “Listen to me, O Levites, and be sanctified. Cleanse the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away every uncleanness from the sanctuary. <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/29.htm">New American Bible</a> and said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Sanctify yourselves now and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and clean out the filth from the sanctuary. <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your ancestors, and carry out the filth from the holy place.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And said to them, Hear me, O Levites, sanctify now yourselves and sanctify the house of the LORD God of our fathers, and remove your evil works from your mind, <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he said to them: “Hear me, Levites, also be hallowed now, and hallow the house of LORD JEHOVAH God of our fathers, and remove your evil works from your minds.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and said unto them: 'Hear me, ye Levites: now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and 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. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=7280" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/29.htm">Hezekiah Cleanses the Temple</a> …4Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side. 5<a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šə·mā·‘ū·nî (V-Qal-Imp-mp:: 1cs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">“Listen to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3881.htm" title="3881: hal·wî·yim (Art:: N-proper-mp) -- Desc. of Levi. Or Leviy; patronymically from Leviy; a Levite or descendant of Levi.">O Levites,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">he said.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: hiṯ·qad·də·šū (V-Hitpael-Imp-mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">“Consecrate</a> <a href="/hebrew/6258.htm" title="6258: ‘at·tāh (Adv) -- Now. From eth; at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive.">yourselves now</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: wə·qad·də·šū (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Imp-mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">and consecrate</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of your fathers.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: wə·hō·w·ṣî·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">Remove</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">the Holy Place</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5079.htm" title="5079: han·nid·dāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Impurity. From nadad; properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal or moral.">every impurity.</a> 6For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44-45</a> For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground. / For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a> But just as He who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do, / for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” <a href="/2_corinthians/7-1.htm">2 Corinthians 7:1</a> Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. <a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-18</a> Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” / “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. <a href="/hebrews/10-22.htm">Hebrews 10:22</a> let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. <a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Psalm 51:7</a> Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. <a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7-9</a> But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. / If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Exodus 19:10-11</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes / and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. <a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a> Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. <a href="/numbers/8-6.htm">Numbers 8:6-7</a> “Take the Levites from among the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean. / This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves. <a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a> Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a> Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. <a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Malachi 3:3</a> And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-27</a> I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols. / I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. / And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and to carefully observe My ordinances. <a href="/john/15-3.htm">John 15:3</a> You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And said to them, Hear me, you Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.sanctify now<a href="/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6</a> So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.<a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Exodus 19:10,15</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, … <a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm">1 Chronicles 15:12</a> And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.sanctify the house<a href="/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">2 Chronicles 29:16</a> And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.<a href="/2_chronicles/34-3.htm">2 Chronicles 34:3-8</a> For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images… <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25</a> Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.carry forth<a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm">Ezekiel 8:3,9</a> And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/25-12.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-9.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-52.htm">Defilement</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-27.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-27.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/revelation/17-4.htm">Filthiness</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-20.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/31-23.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-4.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-17.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-13.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/26-18.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_samuel/11-4.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-10.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">Carry</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/job/31-7.htm">Defilement</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-20.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm">Filth</a> <a href="/ezra/6-21.htm">Filthiness</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm">Hallow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-27.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezra/6-21.htm">Impurity</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm">Levites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-12.htm">Remove</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-15.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-7.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-15.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-16.htm">Uncleanness</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-31.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 29</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-1.htm">Hezekiah's good reign.</a> 3. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-3.htm">He restores religion</a> 5. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">He exhorts the Levites</a> 12. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-12.htm">They sanctify themselves, and cleanse the house of God</a> 20. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-20.htm">Hezekiah offers solemn sacrifices,</a> 24. <a href="/2_chronicles/29-24.htm">wherein the Levites are more forward than the priests</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_chronicles/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. The Levites were members of the tribe of Levi, set apart for religious duties and temple service. In the context of <a href="/2_chronicles/29.htm">2 Chronicles 29</a>, King Hezekiah is addressing the Levites as he initiates religious reforms. The Levites' role was crucial in maintaining the spiritual life of Israel, as they were responsible for the care of the temple and assisting the priests. This call to the Levites underscores their importance in the restoration of proper worship practices. Historically, the Levites were scattered throughout Israel without a specific territory, emphasizing their unique role in spiritual leadership.“Consecrate yourselves now” Consecration involved purification rituals that set individuals apart for holy service. This command reflects the need for spiritual and physical purity before approaching God’s work. In the Old Testament, consecration often included washing, wearing clean garments, and abstaining from certain activities. This act of consecration is a precursor to the New Testament concept of sanctification, where believers are called to live holy lives. The urgency of "now" indicates the immediate need for reform and dedication to God’s service.“and consecrate the house of the LORD” The temple, referred to as the house of the LORD, was the central place of worship and sacrifice in Jerusalem. It symbolized God's presence among His people. During Hezekiah's reign, the temple had been neglected and defiled by previous kings. Consecrating the temple involved cleansing it from idolatry and restoring it to its intended purpose. This act is reminiscent of Jesus cleansing the temple in the New Testament, emphasizing the importance of pure worship and the rejection of corruption.“the God of your fathers.” This phrase connects the current generation to the covenantal relationship established with the patriarchs—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the continuity of His promises. The reference to "your fathers" calls the Levites to remember their heritage and the responsibilities that come with it. It also highlights the importance of returning to the worship of the one true God, as opposed to the idolatrous practices that had infiltrated Judah.“Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.” The Holy Place was a sacred area within the temple where only the priests could enter. It contained the altar of incense, the table of showbread, and the lampstand. Removing impurities was essential to restore the sanctity of the temple. Impurities could include physical defilements, idolatrous objects, or anything contrary to God’s commands. This cleansing is symbolic of the need for spiritual purification and repentance. It parallels the Christian call to remove sin from one's life, as believers are now considered temples of the Holy Spirit.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The king of Judah who initiated religious reforms to restore proper worship in the temple. 2. <a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a> Members of the tribe of Levi, specifically chosen to perform duties related to the temple and worship. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a> Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites. 4. <a href="/topical/c/consecration.htm">Consecration</a> The act of making something sacred or dedicating it to God, involving purification and sanctification. 5. <a href="/topical/d/defilement.htm">Defilement</a> Anything that is impure or unclean, which in this context refers to the physical and spiritual impurities that had accumulated in the temple.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_consecration.htm">The Importance of Consecration</a> Consecration is essential for those who serve God. It involves setting oneself apart from worldly defilement and dedicating oneself to God’s service. <a href="/topical/p/purity_in_worship.htm">Purity in Worship</a> Just as the Levites were called to remove defilement from the temple, believers today are called to purify their hearts and lives to offer true worship to God. <a href="/topical/l/leadership_in_spiritual_renewal.htm">Leadership in Spiritual Renewal</a> Hezekiah’s leadership in calling the Levites to action demonstrates the role of leaders in guiding others towards spiritual renewal and reform. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_community_in_holiness.htm">The Role of the Community in Holiness</a> The collective effort of the Levites in cleansing the temple highlights the importance of community in maintaining holiness and accountability. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_cleansing.htm">Spiritual Cleansing</a> The physical act of cleansing the temple serves as a metaphor for the spiritual cleansing that believers must undergo to maintain a right relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 29</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_rehoboam's_strength.htm">2 Chronicles 11 portrays Rehoboam as a strong central authority; how do we address the inconsistencies when comparing his strength here with his weaker portrayal in other biblical passages?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_church_instruments.htm">What does the Bible say about church musical instruments?</a> <a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_the_large_choir.htm">2 Chronicles 5:12-13 - Can the enormous Levitical choir and musical ensemble be supported by any historical or logistical data, given ancient population and resource limits?</a> <a href="/q/2_chronicles_13_4-12__divine_vs._natural_war.htm">2 Chronicles 13:4-12 - How can the divine intervention claimed here be reconciled with naturalistic or historical explanations of warfare?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) Hear me.--<a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm" title="And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you be with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.">2Chronicles 15:2</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/20-15.htm" title="And he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus said the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.">2Chronicles 20:15</a>.Sanctify now yourselves.--See Note on <a href="/1_chronicles/15-12.htm" title="And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.">1Chronicles 15:12</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/15-14.htm" title="So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.">1Chronicles 15:14</a>.Sanctify the house.--By removing all symbols of idolatry.Carry forth the filthiness.--Niddah denotes personal impurity (<a href="/leviticus/12-2.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean.">Leviticus 12:2</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/18-6.htm" title="And has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a menstruous woman,">Ezekiel 18:6</a>); and so anything loathsome (<a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm" title="They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling block of their iniquity.">Ezekiel 7:19</a>); here probably idols, and things connected with their worship. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 5. - Sanctify... yourselves; Hebrew, הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ. Note the absence of any such direction in <a href="/1_chronicles/13.htm">1 Chronicles 13</a>, and see <a href="/2_chronicles/15-11.htm">2 Chronicles 15:11-14</a>, with our note on ver. 12 in particular. The filthiness; Hebrew, אֶת־הַגְּדִּה. This word occurs twenty-seven times, and is rendered "separation" fifteen times, "flowers" twice, "put apart" three times, "uncleanness" or "filthiness" six times, and "menstruous" once. The term, therefore, is among the strongest that could be used, and glances probably at the abominations, of whatsoever sort, that Ahaz's idolatries had entailed (comp. ver. 16). <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>“Listen to me, שְׁמָע֣וּנִי (šə·mā·‘ū·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently O Levites,” הַלְוִיִּ֑ם (hal·wî·yim) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3881.htm">Strong's 3881: </a> Levites -- descendant of Levi he said. וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Consecrate הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֗וּ (hiṯ·qad·də·šū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated yourselves now עַתָּ֣ה (‘at·tāh) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6258.htm">Strong's 6258: </a> At this time and consecrate וְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ (wə·qad·də·šū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated the house בֵּ֤ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of the LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of your fathers. אֲבֹתֵיכֶ֔ם (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father Remove וְהוֹצִ֥יאוּ (wə·hō·w·ṣî·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the Holy Place הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ (haq·qō·ḏeš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity every impurity. הַנִּדָּ֖ה (han·nid·dāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5079.htm">Strong's 5079: </a> Rejection, impurity, personal, moral <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 29:5 And said to them Hear me you (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 29:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 29:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>