2 Chronicles 29:5
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!
Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!
2 Chronicles 29:15
29:15 They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord’s temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 29:34
29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals,
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.)
2 Chronicles 30:15
30:15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 30:17-20
30:17 Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered
the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the
Lord.
30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law.
For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the
Lord, who is good, forgive
30:19 everyone who has determined to follow God,
the
Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple.”
30:20 The
Lord responded favorably
to Hezekiah and forgave
the people.
Exodus 19:10
19:10 The Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes
Exodus 19:14-15
19:14 Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes.
19:15 He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives.”
Job 1:5
1:5 When
the days of their feasting were finished,
Job would send
for them and sanctify
them; he would get up early
in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to
the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps
my children
have sinned and cursed
God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.