When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall.

祭司和利未人就洁净自己，也洁净百姓和城门，并城墙。

祭司和利未人就洁净自己，也洁净百姓，以及城门和城墙。

祭司和利未人就洁净自己，也洁净百姓，以及城门和城墙。

祭司和利未人自洁，然后洁净民众、城门和城墙。

祭司和利未人洁净了自己，然后洁净民众，以及城门和城墙。

祭司和利未人就潔淨自己，也潔淨百姓和城門，並城牆。

祭司和利未人就潔淨自己，也潔淨百姓，以及城門和城牆。

祭司和利未人就潔淨自己，也潔淨百姓，以及城門和城牆。

祭司和利未人自潔，然後潔淨民眾、城門和城牆。

祭司和利未人潔淨了自己，然後潔淨民眾，以及城門和城牆。

祭司和利未人就潔淨自己，也潔淨眾民、和城門城牆。

祭司利未人自潔、亦潔其民、與邑門城垣、

祭司利未人、自潔其身、使民潔己、門戶城垣、盡滌厥污、

祭司與利未人自潔、亦潔民與城門及城垣、○

The priests and Levites made themselves pure. Then they made the people, the gates and the wall pure and“ clean.”

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.

The priests and Levites first purified themselves; then they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the city gates, and the wall.

The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

Then the priests and Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking,“ Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

And the Lord said to Moses,“ Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes

This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign, and assigned them duties, each to his own task.

The priests, however, were too few to skin all the burnt offerings; so their relatives the Levites helped them until the task was finished and until other priests had been consecrated, for the Levites had been more conscientious in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.

Then he said to the people,“ Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain from sexual relations.”

Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

and said:“ Listen to me, Levites! Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove all defilement from the sanctuary.

Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the Lord, the God of Israel.

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him,“ Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.

“ This is a requirement of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without defect or blemish and that has never been under a yoke.Give it to Eleazar the priest; it is to be taken outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.Then Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.While he watches, the heifer is to be burned— its hide, flesh, blood and intestines.The priest is to take some cedar wood, hyssop and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.After that, the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself with water. He may then come into the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean till evening.The man who burns it must also wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he too will be unclean till evening.“ A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They are to be kept by the Israelite community for use in the water of cleansing; it is for purification from sin.The man who gathers up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he too will be unclean till evening. This will be a lasting ordinance both for the Israelites and for the foreigners residing among them.“ Whoever touches a human corpse will be unclean for seven days.They must purify themselves with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then they will be clean. But if they do not purify themselves on the third and seventh days, they will not be clean.If they fail to purify themselves after touching a human corpse, they defile the Lord’s tabernacle. They must be cut off from Israel. Because the water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, they are unclean; their uncleanness remains on them.“ This is the law that applies when a person dies in a tent: Anyone who enters the tent and anyone who is in it will be unclean for seven days,and every open container without a lid fastened on it will be unclean.“ Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died a natural death, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.“ For the unclean person, put some ashes from the burned purification offering into a jar and pour fresh water over them.Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water and sprinkle the tent and all the furnishings and the people who were there. He must also sprinkle anyone who has touched a human bone or a grave or anyone who has been killed or anyone who has died a natural death.The man who is clean is to sprinkle those who are unclean on the third and seventh days, and on the seventh day he is to purify them. Those who are being cleansed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and that evening they will be clean.But if those who are unclean do not purify themselves, they must be cut off from the community, because they have defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water of cleansing has not been sprinkled on them, and they are unclean.