Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

Bible References

Ye are the chief

1 Chronicles 9:34
These were heads of fathers of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 24:31
These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and of the Levites, the fathers of the chief even as those o

Sanctify

1 Chronicles 15:14
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of LORD, the God of Israel.
Exodus 19:14
And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people, and they washed their garments.
2 Chronicles 5:11
And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their divisions.
2 Chronicles 29:4
And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east,
2 Chronicles 30:15
Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt-offerings into the house of LORD.
2 Chronicles 35:6
And kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of LORD by Moses.
John 17:17
Sanctify them in thy truth. Thy word is truth.
Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.
Revelation 5:9
And they sing a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book and to open the seals of it, because thou were killed and purchased us from God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation.