29:17a They began the consecration on the first day of the first month,

Beginning on the first day of the first month, they started purifying ⌊the temple of Yahweh⌋.
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The priests and Levites began cleaning ⌊Yahweh’s house⌋ on the first month’s first day.

29:17b and on the eighth day of the month they reached the portico of the LORD.

On the eighth day of the month they ⌊finished purifying the courtyard and⌋ reached the porch of Yahweh’s temple.
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They arrived at the entrance of Yahweh’s house after eight (8) days ⌊of work⌋.

29:17c For eight more days they consecrated the house of the LORD itself,

They continued purifying inside Yahweh’s temple for eight more days,
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They worked for an additional eight (8) days in order to clean Yahweh’s house itself ⌊to make it holy⌋.

29:17d finishing on the sixteenth day of the first month.

ending on day sixteen of that month.
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They finished on the first month’s sixteenth (16th) day.

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