22 And I commanded the Levites that (A)they should cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day.

Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy!

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14 (A)Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services!

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30 Then the priests and Levites (A)purified themselves, and purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

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31 and to bringing (A)the wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times.

(B)Remember me, O my God, for good!

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(A)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me (B)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (C)Judge, will give to me (D)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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Paul’s Sincerity

12 For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience that we conducted ourselves in the world in [a]simplicity and (A)godly sincerity, (B)not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and more abundantly toward you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 1:12 The opposite of duplicity

(A)Let the [a]wicked forsake his way,
And the unrighteous man (B)his thoughts;
Let him return to the Lord,
(C)And He will have mercy on him;
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

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  1. Isaiah 55:7 Lit. man of iniquity

23 (A)Kings shall be your foster fathers,
And their queens your nursing mothers;
They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
And (B)lick up the dust of your feet.
Then you will know that I am the Lord,
(C)For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.”

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and said, (A)“Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a [a]loyal heart, and have done what is good in Your (B)sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

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  1. Isaiah 38:3 whole or peaceful

An Earnest Appeal for Guidance and Deliverance

A Psalm of David.

143 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
Give ear to my supplications!
In Your faithfulness answer me,
And in Your righteousness.
Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
(A)For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

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The Eternal Dwelling of God in Zion

A Song of Ascents.

132 Lord, remember David
And all his afflictions;
How he swore to the Lord,
(A)And vowed to (B)the Mighty One of Jacob:
“Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house,
Or go up to the comfort of my bed;
I will (C)not give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
Until I (D)find a place for the Lord,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.”

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(A)O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For (B)with the Lord there is mercy,
And with Him is abundant redemption.

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(A)If You, Lord, should [a]mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could (B)stand?
But there is (C)forgiveness with You,
That (D)You may be feared.

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  1. Psalm 130:3 take note of

A Prayer of Repentance

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David (A)when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 Have mercy upon me, O God,
According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,
(B)Blot out my transgressions.

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Remember, O Lord, (A)Your tender mercies and Your lovingkindnesses,
For they are from of old.
Do not remember (B)the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;
(C)According to Your mercy remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

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But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy;
In fear of You I will worship toward [a]Your holy temple.

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  1. Psalm 5:7 Lit. the temple of Your holiness

10 Jeshua begot Joiakim, Joiakim begot Eliashib, Eliashib begot Joiada,

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64 These sought their listing among those who were registered by genealogy, but it was not found; therefore they were excluded from the priesthood as defiled. 65 And the [a]governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.

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  1. Nehemiah 7:65 Heb. Tirshatha

19 (A)Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

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30 Moreover King Hezekiah and the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.

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27 Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, (A)the song of the Lord also began, with the trumpets and with the instruments of David king of Israel.

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24 And the priests killed them; and they presented their blood on the altar as a sin offering (A)to make an atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering be made for all Israel.

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Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now [a]sanctify yourselves, (A)sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 29:5 consecrate

12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; [a]sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it. 13 For (A)because you did not do it the first time, (B)the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him [b]about the proper order.”

14 So the priests and the Levites [c]sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 15:12 consecrate
  2. 1 Chronicles 15:13 regarding the ordinance
  3. 1 Chronicles 15:14 consecrated

And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the (A)priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring (B)out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for [a]Asherah, and for all [b]the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:4 A Canaanite goddess
  2. 2 Kings 23:4 The gods of the Assyrians

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