2 Chronicles 29:16
And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
Cross-references
In 2 Chronicles 29:5, Hezekiah commands the Levites to carry out the filth; verse 16 records the execution of that command.
2 Chronicles 3:8 describes the construction of the Most Holy Place, the very inner part the priests now enter to cleanse.
2 Chronicles 5:7 records the priests placing the ark in the Most Holy Place — the same inner sanctuary now being cleansed.
In 2 Chronicles 15:16, Asa burns an idol at the brook Kidron, the same place where temple impurity is discarded here, showing a repeated purging ritual.
In 2 Chronicles 30:14, pagan altars are cast into the brook Kidron, continuing the purging of impurity from Jerusalem after the temple cleansing.
Hebrews 9:24 contrasts Christ's entry into heaven with earthly sanctuaries like the one being cleansed, showing the temple as a copy.
Exodus 26:33 describes the veil separating the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place, the inner part that the priests here enter.
Hebrews 9:23 explains that earthly sanctuaries needed purification, typologically fulfilled in Christ — here the temple is being purified.
Hebrews 9:2-8 restricts entry to the Most Holy Place to the high priest alone, contrasting with the many priests entering here for cleansing.
In Matthew 21:12, Jesus cleanses the temple by driving out merchants, mirroring the purification of the temple from uncleanness here.
In 2 Kings 23:4-6, Josiah removes idols from the temple and burns them in the Kidron Valley, closely paralleling the purification action here.
1 Kings 6:20 gives dimensions and gold overlay of the inner sanctuary, the very place being cleansed here.
1 Kings 6:19 describes preparing the inner sanctuary for the ark, the area the priests now enter to cleanse.
Exodus 26:34 places the mercy seat on the ark in the Most Holy Place — the same inner sanctuary being cleansed.
In Matthew 23:27, Jesus condemns inward uncleanness concealed outwardly, contrasting the visible removal of physical uncleanness from the temple here.
In Ezekiel 36:29, God promises to cleanse His people from all uncleanness, echoing the physical removal of impurity from the temple here.
In Matthew 21:13, Jesus declares the temple a house of prayer, reinforcing the purpose behind removing uncleanness in this passage.