Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Hezekiah . . . said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near—This address was made to the priests as being now, by the sacrifice of the expiation offerings, anew consecrated to the service of God and qualified to resume the functions of their sacred office (Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:32).
the congregation brought in—that is, the body of civic rulers present.
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