2 Kings 23:4

4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests aof the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for bBaal, for cAsherah, and for all the host of heaven. dHe burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.

1 Chronicles 15:12-14

12and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites. eConsecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, fto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 gBecause you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.” 14So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:4-5

4He brought in the priests and the Levites and assembled them in the square on the east 5and said to them, “Hear me, Levites! Now hconsecrate yourselves, and consecrate the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place.

2 Chronicles 29:24

24and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, ito make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:27

27Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, jthe song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:30

30And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

Nehemiah 7:64-65

64These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 65 kThe lgovernor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.

Nehemiah 12:30

30And the priests and the Levites mpurified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.

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