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2 Chronicles 6:31-41

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31 that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long * as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers.
32 "Also concerning 1the foreigner who is not from Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your great name's sake and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,
33 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, and fear You as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is 2called by Your name.
34 "When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,
35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
36 "When they sin against You (3for there is no man who does not sin ) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near,
37 if they take thought in the land where * they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly ';
38 4if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name,
39 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.
40 "Now, O my God, I pray, 5let Your eyes be open and 6Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
41 "7Now therefore arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.
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2 Chronicles 6:31-41 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 21

This chapter respects the priests, the sons of Aaron, and forbids their mourning for the dead, unless in some cases, Le 21:1-6; or their marriage with an whore or a divorced woman, Le 21:7,8; and the daughters of any of them to commit fornication, which is made punishable with death, Le 21:9; and it contains particular laws for the high priest to observe, who was not to mourn for any, even for his parents, Le 21:10,11; nor to go out of the sanctuary, Le 21:12; nor to marry any woman but a virgin, Le 21:13-15; and it also directs, that none of the priests having any blemish in them should be employed in divine service, though they might eat of the holy things, Le 21:16-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 7

  • 1. Isaiah 56:3-8
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 7:14
  • 3. Job 15:14-16; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8-10
  • 4. Jeremiah 29:12, 13
  • 5. 2 Chronicles 7:15; Nehemiah 1:6, 11
  • 6. Psalms 17:1
  • 7. Psalms 132:8, 9

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Or "reverence"
  • [b]. Lit "all the days that they live on the face of the land"
  • [c]. Or "reverence"
  • [d]. Lit "Your name is called upon this house"
  • [e]. Lit "their captors take them captive"
  • [f]. Lit "return to their heart"
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