⁵ And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. ^(A)Sanctify^[a] yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

⁵ And Joshua said to the people, ^(A)“Sanctify^[a] yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.”

^7 (A)Consecrate^[a] yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. ⁸ And you shall keep ^(B)My statutes, and perform them: ^(C)I am the Lord who ^[b]sanctifies you.

¹⁰ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and ^(A)consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.

²⁸ But ^(A)let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.

¹³ Get up, ^(A)sanctify^[a] the people, and say, ^(B)‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the Lord God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.”

¹⁴ So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. ¹⁵ And he said to the people, “Be ready for the third day; ^(A)do not come near your wives.”