2 Chronicles 29:16

“And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, etc.] Into the holy place, where the candlesticks and shewbread tables stood, into which none but priests might enter, but not into the most holy place, the innermost of all; for none but the high priest might go into that, and only on the day of atonement; though in case of necessity, as for repairs, others might go into it, and so perhaps now to cleanse it, if any pollution was there: and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord; into the court of the priests, where the Levites might be, and were: and the Levites took it, to carry it out…”

“The “inner part” means here, not the holy of holies in particular, but the interior generally. The priests alone might enter the temple building. The Levites might penetrate no further than the inner court. return to 'Top of Page'”

“the priests: The priests and Levites cleansed first the courts both of the priests and of the people. On this labour they spent eight days. Then they cleansed the interior of the temple; but, as the Levites had no right to enter the temple, the priests carried all the dirt and rubbish to the porch, whence they were collected by the Levites, carried away, and cast into the brook Kidron. in this work, eight more days were occupied; and thus the temple was purified in sixteen days. the inner part: Ch2 3:8, Ch2 5:7; Exo 26:33, Exo 26:34; Kg1 6:19, Kg1 6:20; Heb 9:2-8, Heb 9:23, Heb 9:24 all the uncleanness: Eze 36:29; Mat 21:12, Mat 21:13, Mat 23:27 Kidron: Ch2 15:16; Kg2 23:4-6; Joh 18:1,…”