Consecration

A separated people - Numbers 6:1 – 6:27 (commentary)

The counterpart to cleansing (chapter 5) is consecration (chapter 6). Priestly, Levitical service was the exclusive privilege of those who belonged to the tribe of Levi but the Lord here instituted a provision whereby any man or woman of Israel who wished could take a vow before …

Hezekiah Ruled 29 Years And Brought Revival - II Chronicles 29:1 – 29:19 (commentary)

Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled in for 29 years (v. 1). He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as king David had done (v. 2). Through him revival came to the land. Hezekiah unlocked and repaired the doors that Ahaz had shut and locked when he was ...

The Levite Leaders Purified The Temple - II Chronicles 29:12 – 29:19 (commentary)

As soon as Hezekiah finished talking the Levite leaders went to work (vv. 12-14). These leaders gathered all of the Levites together and they went through a ceremony to make themselves clean (v. 15). Then they began to purify the temple according to the law of the Lord. The pries …