³⁴ But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; ^(A)therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had set themselves apart as holy. For ^(B)the Levites were more upright of heart to set themselves apart as holy than the priests.

³ since they could not celebrate it ^(A)at that time, because the priests had not set themselves apart as holy in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem.