Now they began on the first 'day' of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of Jehovah; and they sanctified the house of Jehovah in eight days: and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.
Soþeli þei bigunnen to clense in þe firste dai of þe firste moneþe, and in þe eiyte dai of þe same moneþe þei entriden in to þe porche of þe hows of þe Lord, and þei clensiden þe temple eiyte daies; and in þe sixtenþe dai of þe same moneþe þei filliden þat, þat þei hadden bigunne.