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.
Ye are the chief
Bible References
Ye are the chief
1 Chronicles 9:34
These were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 24:31
They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the sons of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
Sanctify
1 Chronicles 15:14
So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
Exodus 19:14
Then Moses came down from the mountain to the people and consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.
2 Chronicles 5:11
Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. When the priests came out of the holy place,
2 Chronicles 29:4
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the eastern public square.
2 Chronicles 30:15
They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Lord’s temple.
2 Chronicles 35:6
Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your brothers to carry out the word of the Lord through Moses.”
Ezekiel 48:11
It is for the consecrated priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
John 17:17 Sanctify them by the truth;
Your word is truth.
Romans 12:1
Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.
Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song:
You are worthy to take the scroll
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed people
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.
and to open its seals,
because You were slaughtered,
and You redeemed
for God by Your blood
from every tribe and language
and people and nation.