Flay all the burnt offerings. — In private offerings this was done by the worshipper himself (Leviticus 1:6). In national sacrifices it appears to have been the duty of the priests.
Did help them. — See margin; and Ezra 6:22.
Until the other priests had sanctified. — Began to sanctify themselves, as a body.
For the Levites... in heart. — The priests, as a class, were probably more deeply involved in the corruption of the last reign.