Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThen the priests and Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThe kohanim and the Levi'im purified themselves, and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
KJV
King James VersionAnd the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleAfter the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.
Footnotes
The act of ritual purification (טָהֵר, *taher*) applied to the stone wall itself is remarkable — treating civic infrastructure as sacred space requiring consecration before holy use. This mirrors the purification rites of the Tabernacle (Lev. 8) and anticipates John's vision of the New Jerusalem, whose walls are described in the language of sacred construction (Rev. 21:12–21). The wall is not merely a defensive structure; consecrated, it becomes a boundary of holiness enclosing the holy city.