¹⁵ They gathered their brothers and ^(A)consecrated themselves and went in as the king had commanded, ^(B)by the words of the Lord, ^(C)to cleanse the house of the Lord.

³⁴ But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, ^(A)their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—^(B)for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves.

⁶ And slaughter the Passover lamb, and ^(A)consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of the Lord by^[a] Moses.”

¹² and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. ^(A)Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, ^(B)to the place that I have prepared for it.

^20 (A)For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. ^(B)So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves.