31 Hezekiah concluded, “Now you are consecrated(a) to the Lord. Come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord’s temple.” So the congregation brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those with willing hearts(A) brought burnt offerings. 32 The number of burnt offerings the congregation brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. 33 Six hundred bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated.
34 However, since there were not enough priests, they weren’t able to skin all the burnt offerings, so their Levite brothers helped them(B) until the work was finished and until the priests consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious(b)(C) to consecrate themselves than the priests were.(D) 35 Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the fellowship offerings(E) and with the drink offerings(F) for the burnt offering.

So the service of the Lord’s temple was established.

Footnotes:

a. 2 Chronicles 29:31: Lit Now you have filled your hands
b. 2 Chronicles 29:34: Lit upright of heart; Ps 32:11; 64:10

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