Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation The priests and the Levites performed ritual purification for themselves, the people, the gates, and the city wall. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. themselves. Genesis 35:2 And Jacob having called together all his household, said: Cast away the strange gods that are among you, and be cleansed, and change your garments. Exodus 19:10,15 And he said to him: Go to the people, and sanctify them to day, and to morrow, and let them wash their garments. . . . Numbers 19:2-20 This is the observance of the victim, which the Lord hath ordained. Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee a red cow of full age, in which there is no blemish, and which hath not carried the yoke: . . . 2 Chronicles 29:5,34 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. . . . Ezra 6:21 And the children of Israel that were returned from captivity, and all that had separated themselves from the filthiness of the nations of the earth to them, to seek the Lord the God of Israel, did eat. Job 1:5 And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early, offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days. Hebrews 5:1,3 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in the things that appertain to God, that he may offer up gifts and sacrifices for sins: . . . Context The Dedication of the Wall…29And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singing men had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem. 30And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.31And I made the princes of Juda go up upon the wall, and I appointed two great choirs to give praise. And they went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate.… Cross References Nehemiah 12:29 And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singing men had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem. Nehemiah 13:22 I spoke also to the Levites that they should be purified, and should come to keep the gates, and to sanctify the sabbath day: for this also remember me, O my God, and spare me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. Nehemiah 13:30 So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry: Jump to Previous Ceremonially Clean Cleanse Cleansed Doorways Gates Levites Priests Purified Themselves WallJump to Next Ceremonially Clean Cleanse Cleansed Doorways Gates Levites Priests Purified Themselves WallLinks Nehemiah 12:30 NIVNehemiah 12:30 NLT Nehemiah 12:30 ESV Nehemiah 12:30 NASB Nehemiah 12:30 Bible Apps Nehemiah 12:30 Biblia Paralela Nehemiah 12:30 Chinese Bible Nehemiah 12:30 French Bible Nehemiah 12:30 German Bible Alphabetical: also and ceremonially gates had Levites people priests purified the themselves they wall When OT History: Nehemiah 12:30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves (Neh Ne) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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