Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,
Parallel translations
- WEB When the priests had come out of the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and didn’t keep their divisions;
- KJV And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
- NKJV And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without keeping to their divisions),
- NASB When the priests came out from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions),
- NLT Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were present had purified themselves, whether or not they were on duty that day.
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Quick answer
As the priests came out of the holy place, all of them had consecrated themselves regardless of their usual divisions. The whole priesthood prepared itself for this holy moment.
Overview
Every priest present had sanctified himself for the occasion, setting aside the normal rotation of priestly courses so all could serve. This emphasized the gravity and unity of the dedication. The required consecration underscored that those who draw near to God must be made holy, a holiness given to believers through Christ, our great high priest.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- 2 Chr 29:5“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.
- Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
- 2 Chr 35:4Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
- 2 Chr 30:17–20Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.
- Exod 19:10Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
- 2 Chr 30:15And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chr 29:34However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
- 1 Chr 24:1–31These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 2 Chr 29:15When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
- Exod 19:14–15When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
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