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OET (OET-RV) The priests and Levites held a purification ceremony for themselves, then they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
OET-LV And_purified the_priests and_the_Lēviyyiy and_purified DOM the_people and_DOM the_gates and the_wall.
UHB וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְאֶת־הַשְּׁעָרִ֖ים וְאֶֽת־הַחוֹמָֽה׃ ‡
(vayyiţţahₐrū hakkohₐnim vəhaləviyyim vayəţahₐrū ʼet-hāˊām vəʼet-hashshəˊārim vəʼet-haḩōmāh.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX No BrLXX NEH book available
BrTr And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the porters, and the wall.
ULT And the priests and the Levites purified themselves. And they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
UST The priests and Levites performed rituals to make themselves acceptable to God. Then they performed similar rituals to purify the other people, the gates, and the wall.
BSB After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
MSB (Same as above)
OEB And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
WEBBE The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
LSV and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.
FBV Once the priests and the Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
T4T When they came to Jerusalem, the priests and other descendants of Levi who help the priests performed rituals to cause themselves to be acceptable to God, and then they performed similar rituals to purify the other people, the gates, and the wall.
LEB No LEB NEH book available
BBE And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorways and the wall.
Moff No Moff NEH book available
JPS And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
ASV And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
DRA And the priests and the Levites purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
YLT and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Drby And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates and the wall.
RV And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
SLT And the priests and the Levites will be purified, and they will purify the people and the gates and the wall.
Wbstr And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
KJB-1769 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
KJB-1611 And the Priests and the Leuites purified themselues, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)
Bshps No Bshps NEH book available
Gnva And the Priests and Leuites were purified, and clensed the people, and the gates, and the wall.
(And the Priests and Levites were purified, and cleansed the people, and the gates, and the wall. )
Cvdl No Cvdl NEH book available
Wycl No Wycl NEH book available
Luth No Luth NEH book available
ClVg Et mundati sunt sacerdotes et Levitæ, et mundaverunt populum, et portas, et murum.[fn]
(And cleansi are priests and Levites, and mundaverunt the_people, and doors, and murum. )
12.30 Et mundati. ID., ibid. Justus omnino ordo, etc., usque ad et vinctis manibus et pedibus in tenebras exteriores mittatur.
12.30 And cleansi. ID., ibid. Yustus omnino ordo, etc., until to and vinctis hands and feet in/into/on darkness exteriores mittatur.
RP-GNT No RP-GNT NEH book available
12:30 The dedication ceremony required that the priests and Levites be purified and ready to enter the Temple area (see Exod 19:10; Num 8:5-7).
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast
וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם וַֽיְטַהֲרוּ֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וְאֶת־הַשְּׁעָרִ֖ים וְאֶֽת־הַחוֹמָֽה
and,purified the,priests and,the,Levites and,purified DOM the,people and=DOM the,gates and, the,wall
This sentence draws a contrast between the joyful celebration that is about to begin in this part of the story and the solemn ceremony that the priests and Levites performed beforehand. You could begin the sentence with a phrase such as “but first” to indicate this contrast. Alternate translation: [But first the priests and Levites performed a ceremony to make themselves clean, and they did the same thing for the people, the gates, and the wall]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיִּֽטַּהֲר֔וּ
and,purified
Nehemiah expects his readers to know specifically how the priests and Levites did this, but the details are no longer certain. They may have sprinkled themselves, the people, the gates, and the walls with water or with blood, or they may have offered sacrifices. But while the details are uncertain, the purpose of the ceremony is clear. It was to show that the Israelites wanted this place and everyone in it to be acceptable to God. So while it might be best not to suggest how the priests and Levites performed this ceremony, since that is unknown, you could say explicitly what the purpose was if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And they performed a ceremony to show that they wanted to be clean and acceptable to God]