2 Chronicles 29:4-6

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the eastern public square.^{(A) 5} He said to them, “Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves^(B) now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place. ⁶ For our ancestors were unfaithful and did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They abandoned him, turned their faces away from the Lord’s dwelling place, and turned their backs on him.^[a](C)