2 Chronicles 29:5

29:5 He said to them: “Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! ¹  Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean!

2 Chronicles 29:34

29:34 But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, ²  so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) ³ 

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¹ tn Heb “fathers.”

² tn Heb “the burnt sacrifices.”

³ tn Heb “for the Levites were more pure of heart to consecrate themselves than the priests.”