17  For there were many <07227> in the congregation <06951> that were not sanctified <06942> (8694): therefore the Levites <03881> had the charge of the killing <07821> of the passovers <06453> for every one that was not clean <02889>, to sanctify <06942> (8687) them unto the LORD <03068>.71  כי־רבת בקהל אשׁר לא־התקדשׁו והלוים על־שׁחיטת הפסחים לכל לא טהור להקדישׁ ליהוה
