Nehemiah 12:30

Dedication Of The Wall Of Jerusalem

²⁹ And from Beth-gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the music-makers had made daughter-towns for themselves round about Jerusalem. ³⁰ And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorways and the wall. ³¹ Then I made the rulers of Judah come up on the wall, and I put in position two great bands of them who gave praise, walking in ordered lines; one went to the right on the wall, in the direction of the doorway where the waste was put;

Priests and Levites

Descendants Of Levi

Levi

Levites

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, Go to the people and make them holy today and tomorrow, and let their clothing be washed.

Job 1:5

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

Genesis 35:2

Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.

Numbers 19:2-20

This is the rule of the law which the Lord has made, saying, Give orders to the children of Israel to give you a red cow without any mark on her, and on which the yoke has never been put:

2 Chronicles 29:5

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

2 Chronicles 29:34

There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.

Ezra 6:21

And the children of Israel, who had come back, and all those who were joined to them, after separating themselves from the evil ways of the people of the land to become the servants of the Lord, the God of Israel, took food together,

Nehemiah 13:22

And I gave the Levites orders to make themselves clean and come and keep the doors and make the Sabbath holy. Keep this in mind to my credit, O my God, and have mercy on me, for great is your mercy.

Nehemiah 13:30

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

Hebrews 5:1

Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.

Hebrews 5:3

And being feeble, he has to make sin-offerings for himself as well as for the people.