29:5 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! 1 Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!
2 Chronicles 29:34
29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, 2 so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) 3
1 tnHeb “fathers.”
2 tnHeb “the burnt sacrifices.”
3 tnHeb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”