Parallel Translations
Chinese Union (Simplified)
祭 司 和 利 未 人 就 洁 净 自 己 ， 也 洁 净 百 姓 和 城 门 ， 并 城 墙 。
Contextual Overview
27 When the wall of Jerusalem was offered as a gift to God, they asked the Levites to come from wherever they lived to Jerusalem to celebrate with joy the gift of the wall. They were to celebrate with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres. 28 They also brought together singers from all around Jerusalem, from the Netophathite villages, 29 from Beth Gilgal, and from the areas of Geba and Azmaveth. The singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. 30 The priests and Levites made themselves pure, and they also made the people, the gates, and the wall of Jerusalem pure. 31 I had the leaders of Judah go up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choruses to give thanks. One chorus went to the right on top of the wall, toward the Trash Gate. 32 Behind them went Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah. 33 Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah also went. 35 Some priests with trumpets also went, along with Zechariah son of Jonathan. (Jonathan was the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah. Mattaniah was the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur. Zaccur was the son of Asaph.) 36 Zechariah's relatives also went. They were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. These men played the musical instruments of David, the man of God, and Ezra the teacher walked in front of them.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
themselves: Genesis 35:2, Exodus 19:10, Exodus 19:15, Numbers 19:2-20, 2 Chronicles 29:5, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Ezra 6:21, Job 1:5, Hebrews 5:1, Hebrews 5:3
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 3:1 - sanctified it Nehemiah 13:22 - I commanded Psalms 147:13 - he hath Jeremiah 31:38 - that
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves,.... By washing their bodies and their clothes, perhaps by sprinkling the water of purification on them, see Numbers 8:6.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 30. The priests and the Levites purified themselves — This consisted in washings, abstinence from wine, and other matters, which, on all other occasions, were lawful. And as to the purifying of the gates and the walls, nothing was requisite but to remove all filth from the former, and all rubbish that might have been laid against the latter.
