And prepare [yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
Ver. 4. Prepare yourselves.] Heathens saw that God was not to be served, but by those who were οικοθεν παρασκευασμενοι, prepared aforehand. a Solon willed in his laws that the sacrifices should be chosen and selected, and the sacrificers should purify themselves some days before.
a Plutarch. Demosth.