They began to sanctify on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they came to the vestibule of the LORD; then for eight days they sanctified the house of the LORD, and on the sixteenth day of the first month they finished.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The time the work took. Beginning on the 1st of Nisan with the purification of the courts, they had cleansed them by the 8th of the month, and

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify Either of the reign of King Hezekiah, or rather of the yea…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

When Hezekiah came to the crown, he applied himself at once to work reform. Those who begin with God, begin at the right end of their work, and it …

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