2 Chronicles 30:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.

Prepareth

Though he be not

General references

Isaiah 17:7

Zechariah 3:3

Bible References

Prepareth

Regardless of this, there is some good in you. You have removed all the symbols of the goddess Asherah that people worshiped. You have tried to follow God's will.

However the illegal worship sites on the hills were not torn down. The people still did not have their hearts set on the God of their ancestors.

Samuel told the entire nation of Israel: If you return to Jehovah with all your hearts you must get rid of the foreign gods you have, including the statues of the goddess Astarte. You must dedicate your lives to Jehovah and serve him only. Then he will rescue you from the Philistines.

Jehovah, God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep such devotion always strong in your people's hearts and keep them always faithful to you.

Ezra devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of Jehovah. He taught its decrees and laws in Israel.

Yet if you devote your heart to him and stretch out your hands to him,

You have heard the desire of humble people, O Jehovah. You encourage them. You incline your ear (pay close attention) to them.

My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep my ways.

Though he be not

She must stay at home for thirty-three days in order to be made clean from her bleeding. She must not touch anything holy or go into the holy place until the days needed to make her clean are over.

You must separate the Israelites from anything that keeps them from being presentable to me. Otherwise they will die. This is because they defile my tent, which is among them, and make it unclean.

Tell Aaron: 'If any of your descendants, now or in future generations, has a physical defect, he must never bring food to offer to God.

Tell them: 'In future generations if any of your descendants, while unclean, comes near the holy offerings the Israelites set apart for Jehovah, that person must be excluded from my presence. I am Jehovah.

There were some men who had become unclean from touching a dead body. They could not celebrate the Passover that day. They went to Moses and Aaron.

Those who touch a corpse and do not purify themselves remain unclean. This is because the water for purification has not been thrown over them. They defile Jehovah's tent, and they will no longer be considered God's people.

General references

On that day people will regard their Maker. Their eyes will look (offer respect) to the Holy One of Israel.

Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.