OLD TESTAMENT

2 Chronicles 5:11

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When the priests had come out of the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and didn’t keep their divisions;

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Verse 11. Sanctified; free from all legal impediments to offer sacrifice. Bible.—Divided. Hebrew “observed.” Tirinus.—Prot. “and they did not then wait by course,” which was the case also with the singers, and so forth on this solemn occasion; as the number regulated by David for each week, would not have been sufficient. Bible.—The regulation had not yet been reduced to practice. Menochius. Calmet.—As yet ( D.) at that time, is omitted ( Bible.) by the Septuagint ( D.) and Heb.

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