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2 Chronicles 29:4

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And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
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  1. 2 Chronicles 32:6Rank 1 from verse 4
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    6And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

  2. Jeremiah 19:2Rank 2 from verse 4
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    2And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,

  3. Nehemiah 3:29Rank 3 from verse 4
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    29After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate.

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2 Chronicles 29:4

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

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east

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The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

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29:3¶ He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them.

29:4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

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29:5And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

29:6For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs.

29:7Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.

29:8Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

29:9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.

29:10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.

29:11My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

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