2 Chronicles 29:16

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The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into the court of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.

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The Holy Place was the inner sanctuary of Jerusalem’s temple, where priests removed defilement during Hezekiah’s cleansing. They brought the uncleanness to the temple’s eastern court or square, then carried it out to the Kidron Valley east of Jerusalem, removing it from the sacred precinct.

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2 Chronicles 29:16 mentions East Square, Holy Place, Jerusalem and Kidron.

Jerusalem · Godot13
Kidron · Chris Yunker

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