Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful
state: literally “and the sanctuary will be justified.” The verb form used here
is unique in all the Old Testament, and its precise meaning is uncertain. Some
take it to mean “purified” or “cleansed” (njv). Others have the idea of
rededication; niv reads “reconsecrated.” Still others have a more general
statement: “then shall the wrongs of the sanctuary be righted” (at) or “… have
its rights restored” (njb). The term probably contains the ideas of purification
from ritual defilement as well as restoration to its former physical state. The
ritual side would, however, be more important. (René Péter-Contesse and John
Ellington, A Handbook of the Book of Deuteronomy [UBS Handbook Series;
New York: United Bible Societies, 1994], 216-17)
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