Verse 17

2 Chronicles 29:17

World English Bible, British Edition

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17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the LORD’s porch. They sanctified the LORD’s house in eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ֠/יָּחֵלּוּ בְּ/אֶחָ֞ד לַ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָ/רִאשׁוֹן֮ לְ/קַדֵּשׁ֒ וּ/בְ/י֧וֹם שְׁמוֹנָ֣ה לַ/חֹ֗דֶשׁ בָּ֚אוּ לְ/אוּלָ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ אֶת בֵּית יְהוָ֖ה לְ/יָמִ֣ים שְׁמוֹנָ֑ה וּ/בְ/י֨וֹם שִׁשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לַ/חֹ֥דֶשׁ הָ/רִאשׁ֖וֹן כִּלּֽוּ

English Translation

And they began on the first day of the month to consecrate, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the temple of the Lord and consecrated the house of the Lord for eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

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Chapter 29 Context

1 Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerus... Focus ↗

2 He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done. Focus ↗

3 In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the LORD’s house and repa... Focus ↗

4 He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the wide place on the east... Focus ↗

5 and said to them, “Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the... Focus ↗

6 For our fathers were unfaithful, and have done that which was evil in the LORD our God (Elohim)’s si... Focus ↗

7 Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burnt incense nor... Focus ↗

8 Therefore the LORD’s wrath was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to be tossed back a... Focus ↗

9 For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are i... Focus ↗

10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, that his fierce... Focus ↗

11 My sons, don’t be negligent now; for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to minister to him... Focus ↗

12 Then the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the K... Focus ↗

13 and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; Focus ↗

14 and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. Focus ↗

15 They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of th... Focus ↗

16 The priests went into the inner part of the LORD’s house to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncl... Focus ↗

17 Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month t...

18 Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within the palace and said, “We have cleansed all the LORD’s... Focus ↗

19 Moreover, we have prepared and sanctified all the vessels which King Ahaz threw away in his reign wh... Focus ↗

20 Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the LORD’s hous... Focus ↗

21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin offering for the... Focus ↗

22 So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They kil... Focus ↗

23 They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they lai... Focus ↗

24 Then the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make at... Focus ↗

25 He set the Levites in the LORD’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, acco... Focus ↗

26 The Levites stood with David’s instruments, and the priests with the trumpets. Focus ↗

27 Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the... Focus ↗

28 All the assembly worshipped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until... Focus ↗

29 When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and wor... Focus ↗

30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with th... Focus ↗

31 Then Hezekiah answered, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD. Come near and bring sacrif... Focus ↗

32 The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was seventy bulls, one hundred rams, an... Focus ↗

33 The consecrated things were six hundred head of cattle and three thousand sheep. Focus ↗

34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings. Therefore their b... Focus ↗

35 Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings and with the drink o... Focus ↗

36 Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of that which God (Elohim) had prepared for the people;... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 29 (36 verses)
Version: World English Bible, British Edition

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