2 Chronicles 35:10
in 2 Chronicles 35So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
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ASV
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king’s commandment.
KJV
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 35
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the priests stood in their place
on 2 Chronicles 35:10-11
The Passover runs by a stated division of labor. The priests stand in their places and sprinkle the blood, and the Levites slaughter and skin the animals a family would ordinarily prepare for itself. Here the assignments match the divisions from the writing of David and Solomon in verse 4.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
They killed the paschal lambs in the court of the temple, the priests sprinkled the blood upon the altar, the Levites flayed them, and then gave the flesh to the people according to their families (
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So the service was prepared,.... Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of unleavened bread, for all sorts of people, rich and poor: and the priests stood in their place; in their court near the altar, to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifices about it, as in the following verse: and the Levites in their courses; whose turn it was to officiate: according to the king's commandment, 2Ch 35:4.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתִּכּ֖וֹן | vatikon | and it was arranged | H3559 → | 217 times |
| הָעֲבוֹדָ֑ה | haavodah | the service | H5656 → | 145 times |
| וַיַּֽעַמְד֨וּ | vaiyaamdu | and they took their stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | at | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עָמְדָ֛ם | ʾamedam | place their | H5977 → | 9 times |
| וְהַלְוִיִּ֥ם | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַחְלְקוֹתָ֖ם | machlekotam | divisions their | H4256 → | 42 times |
| כְּמִצְוַ֥ת | kemitzvat | according to [the] command of | H4687 → | 181 times |
| הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
וַתִּכּ֖וֹןand it was arranged
vatikonH3559 →217 times
הָעֲבוֹדָ֑הthe service
haavodahH5656 →145 times
וַיַּֽעַמְד֨וּand they took their stand
vaiyaamduH5975 →521 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֧יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
עַל־at
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
עָמְדָ֛םplace their
ʾamedamH5977 →9 times
וְהַלְוִיִּ֥םand the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →291 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מַחְלְקוֹתָ֖םdivisions their
machlekotamH4256 →42 times
כְּמִצְוַ֥תaccording to [the] command of
kemitzvatH4687 →181 times
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezra 6:18They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
it leads to
- Numbers 3:6
“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
- 1 Chronicles 24:1
These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
- 2 Chronicles 35:4–5
Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
- Numbers 8:9–26
Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 23:1–26
When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.
- Numbers 3:6
Through
2 Chronicles 30:16They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave…
- Leviticus 1:5
And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the…
- Deuteronomy 33:1
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.