Bible Cross References
sanctified
2 Chronicles 29:5
and spoke to them there. He said, "You Levites are to consecrate yourselves and purify the Temple of the LORD, the God of your ancestors. Remove from the Temple everything that defiles it.
2 Chronicles 29:15
These men assembled their fellow Levites, and they all made themselves ritually clean. Then, as the king had commanded them to do, they began to make the Temple ritually clean, according to the Law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 29:34
Since there were not enough priests to kill all these animals, the Levites helped them until the work was finished. By then more priests had made themselves ritually clean. (The Levites were more faithful in keeping ritually clean than the priests were.)
2 Chronicles 30:15
And on the fourteenth day of the month they killed the lambs for the Passover sacrifice. The priests and Levites who were not ritually clean became so ashamed that they dedicated themselves to the LORD, and now they could sacrifice burnt offerings in the Temple.
2 Chronicles 30:17-20
17
Because many of the people were not ritually clean, they could not kill the Passover lambs, so the Levites did it for them and dedicated the lambs to the LORD.
18
In addition, many of those who had come from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not performed the ritual of purification, and so they were observing Passover improperly. King Hezekiah offered this prayer for them:
19
"O LORD, the God of our ancestors, in your goodness forgive those who are worshiping you with all their heart, even though they are not ritually clean."
20
The LORD answered Hezekiah's prayer; he forgave the people and did not harm them.
Exodus 19:10
and the LORD said to him, "Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes
Exodus 19:14
Then Moses came down the mountain and told the people to get ready for worship. So they washed their clothes,
Exodus 19:15
and Moses told them, "Be ready by the day after tomorrow and don't have sexual intercourse in the meantime."
Job 1:5
The morning after each feast, Job would get up early and offer sacrifices for each of his children in order to purify them. He always did this because he thought that one of them might have sinned by insulting God unintentionally.
wait by course
2 Chronicles 35:4
Take your places in the Temple by clans, according to the responsibilities assigned to you by King David and his son King Solomon,
1 Chronicles 24:1-31
1
These are the groups to which the descendants of Aaron belong. Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2
Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and left no descendants, so their brothers Eleazar and Ithamar became priests.
3
King David organized the descendants of Aaron into groups according to their duties. He was assisted in this by Zadok, a descendant of Eleazar, and by Ahimelech, a descendant of Ithamar.
4
The descendants of Eleazar were organized into sixteen groups, while the descendants of Ithamar were organized into eight; this was done because there were more male heads of families among the descendants of Eleazar.
5
Since there were Temple officials and spiritual leaders among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar, assignments were made by drawing lots.
6
The descendants of Eleazar and of Ithamar took turns drawing lots. Then they were registered by Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite secretary. The king, his officials, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of the priestly families and of the Levite families, were all witnesses.
7
This is the order in which the twenty-four family groups were given their assignments: 1) Jehoiarib; 2) Jedaiah; 3) Harim; 4) Seorim; 5) Malchijah; 6) Mijamin; 7) Hakkoz; 8) Abijah; 9) Jeshua; 10) Shecaniah; 11) Eliashib; 12) Jakim; 13) Huppah; 14) Jeshebeab; 15) Bilgah; 16) Immer; 17) Hezir; 18) Happizzez; 19) Pethahiah; 20) Jehezkel; 21) Jachin; 22) Gamul; 23) Delaiah; 24) Maaziah.
19
These men were registered according to their assignments for going to the Temple and performing the duties established by their ancestor Aaron in obedience to the commands of the LORD God of Israel.
20
These are other heads of families descended from Levi: Jehdeiah, a descendant of Amram through Shebuel;
21
Isshiah, a descendant of Rehabiah;
22
Jahath, a descendant of Izhar through Shelomith;
23
Jeriah, Amariah, Jehaziel, and Jekameam, sons of Hebron, in order of age;
24
Shamir, a descendant of Uzziel through Micah;
25
Zechariah, a descendant of Uzziel through Isshiah, Micah's brother;
26
Mahli, Mushi, and Jaaziah, descendants of Merari.
27
Jaaziah had three sons: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28
Mahli had two sons, Eleazar and Kish. Eleazar had no sons, but Kish had one son, Jerahmeel.
30
Mushi had three sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth. These are the families of the Levites.
31
The head of each family and one of his younger brothers drew lots for their assignments, just as their relatives, the priests descended from Aaron, had done. King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites were witnesses.