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2 Chronicles 29:7 (NLT)

7 They also shut the doors to the Temple’s entry room, and they snuffed out the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
 
2 Chronicles 29:12 (NLT)
Then these Levites got straight to work:

From the clan of Kohath: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah.
From the clan of Merari: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel.
From the clan of Gershon: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah.
 
2 Chronicles 29:15 (NLT)
These man called together their fellow Levites and they all purified themselves. Then they began to cleanse the Temple of the LORD just as the king had commanded. They were careful to follow all the LORD's instructions in their work.
 
2 Chronicles 29:16 (NLT)
The priests went into the Sanctuary of the Temple of the LORD to cleanse it, and they took out to the Temple courtyard all the defiled things they found. From there the Levites carted it all out to the Kidron Valley.
 
2 Chronicles 29:17 (NLT)

17 They began the work in early spring, on the first day of the new year, and in eight days they had reached the entry room of the LORD’s Temple. Then they purified the Temple of the LORD itself, which took another eight days. So the entire task was completed in sixteen days.
 
2 Chronicles 29:18 (NLT)

18 Then the Levites went to King Hezekiah and gave him this report: “We have cleansed the entire Temple of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the Bread of the Presence with all its utensils.
 
2 Chronicles 29:19 (NLT)

19 We have also recovered all the items discarded by King Ahaz when he was unfaithful and closed the Temple. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD, purified and ready for use.”
 
2 Chronicles 29:21 (NLT)

21 They brought seven bulls, seven rams, and seven male lambs as a burnt offering, together with seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the Temple, and for Judah. The king commanded the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, to sacrifice the animals on the altar of the LORD.
 
2 Chronicles 29:22 (NLT)

22 So they killed the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Next they killed the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar. And finally, they did the same with the male lambs.
 
2 Chronicles 29:24 (NLT) - 24 The priests then killed the goats as a sin offering and sprinkled their blood on the altar to make atonement for the sins of all Israel. The king had specifically commanded that this burnt offering and sin offering should be made for all Israel.
 
2 Chronicles 29:25 (NLT) - 25 King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the LORD with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the LORD had given to King David through Gad, the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan.
 
2 Chronicles 29:26 (NLT) - 26 The Levites then took their positions around the Temple with the instruments of David, and the priests took their positions with the trumpets.
 
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