2 Chronicles 30:17
For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun,.... All which were of the ten tribes, where idolatry had prevailed for a long time:
had not cleansed…
The time appointed for the passover having arrived, a very great congregation came together upon the occasion, Ch2 30:13. Now here we have,
I. The preparation they made for the passover, and good…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
were not sanctified R.V. had not sanctified themselves.
of the killing of the passovers R.V. of killing the passovers. "Passovers" (plur. rare) = "Paschal victims"; cp. 2Ch 30:15; 2Ch 35:8 ("passover…