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The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
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Verse 30. Were purified first, that they might purify the rest. Bible.—Priests were obliged to abstain from wine, and from their wives, while they were on duty. See 2 Chronicles 29:34, and 35:2, and so forth Levites were to wash their garments. Leviticus 8:21. All lepers, and so forth required a certain purification, ib. verse 2. 6 and Numbers 19:16. Care was taken that no dead body was found on the walls. These were probably sprinkled with water, and so forth like the tabernacle. Leviticus 8:11.
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