because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves, and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem.

正月间他们不能守；因为自洁的祭司尚不敷用，百姓也没有聚集在耶路撒冷；

那时他们不能守，因为分别为圣的祭司不够，百姓也还没有聚集在耶路撒冷。

那时他们不能守，因为分别为圣的祭司不够，百姓也还没有聚集在耶路撒冷。

他们不能在一月守节期，因为洁净自己的祭司不够多，民众也没有聚集在耶路撒冷。

（但他们不能如期守逾越节，因为自洁的祭司不够，人民也没有齐集在耶路撒冷。）

正月間他們不能守；因為自潔的祭司尚不敷用，百姓也沒有聚集在耶路撒冷；

那時他們不能守，因為分別為聖的祭司不夠，百姓也還沒有聚集在耶路撒冷。

那時他們不能守，因為分別為聖的祭司不夠，百姓也還沒有聚集在耶路撒冷。

他們不能在一月守節期，因為潔淨自己的祭司不夠多，民眾也沒有聚集在耶路撒冷。

（但他們不能如期守逾越節，因為自潔的祭司不夠，人民也沒有齊集在耶路撒冷。）

正月間他們不能守，因為潔淨自己為聖的祭司還不夠用，人民也沒有聚集在耶路撒冷。

其不能如期而守之、因自潔之祭司不足、民亦未集於耶路撒冷故也、

故王與群伯及耶路撒冷會眾、議於二月守逾越節。

因自潔之祭司尚不敷用、民亦未咸集於耶路撒冷、故不能守之於定時、

They had not been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.

They hadn’t been able to celebrate it at the regular time. That’s because there weren’t enough priests who had set themselves apart to the Lord. Also, the people hadn’t gathered together in Jerusalem.

for they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem—

They were unable to celebrate it at the prescribed time because not enough priests could be purified by then, and the people had not yet assembled at Jerusalem.

since they could not celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem.

For they could not keep it at the regular time, because a sufficient number of priests had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people gathered together at Jerusalem.

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

because they were not able to observe it at the appropriate time. Not enough of the priests had consecrated themselves and the people hadn’t been gathered together in Jerusalem.

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

They were unable to observe it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.

For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, and the people had not gathered themselves together to Jerusalem.

However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests were.

You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

You are to eat unleavened bread in the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day.

They began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the portico of the LORD’s temple. They consecrated the LORD’s temple for eight days, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.