15 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves and came according to the commandment of the king, and [a]by the words of the Lord, for to cleanse the house of the Lord.

16 And the Priests went into the inner parts of the house of the Lord, to [b]cleanse it and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the Temple of the Lord, into the court of the house of the Lord: and the Levites took it, to carry it out unto the brook Kidron.

17 They began the first day of the [c]first month to sanctify it, and the eight day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days, and in the sixteenth day of the first month, they made an end.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 29:15 Or, concerning the things of the Lord.
  2. 2 Chronicles 29:16 From the pollutions and filth that Ahaz had brought in.
  3. 2 Chronicles 29:17 Which contained part of March and part of April.

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