2 Chronicles 35:5 BSB

2 Chronicles 35:5

Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a father’s house of the Levites.

KJV

And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The sense of this verse probably is: “So divide yourselves that, for every distinct family among the people who come to the Passover, there shall be a portion of a Levitical family to minister.”

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

When the first company entered the court (which consisted commonly of as many as it could well hold), the gates were shut and the offering was made. The Levites stood in rows from the slaughtering places to the altar, and handed the blood and fat from one to another of the officiating priests (2Ch 30:16-18).

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעִמְד֣וּ	ve.'im.Du	and stand	H5975 →
בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ	va.Ko.desh	in the holy place	H6944 →
לִפְלֻגּוֹת֙	lif.lu.goyT	to [the] divisions of	H6391 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הָֽאָב֔וֹת	ha.'a.Vot	the ancestors	H1 →
לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם	la.'a.chei.Khem	of countrymen your	H251 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
הָעָ֑ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
וַחֲלֻקַּ֥ת	va.cha.lu.Kat	and a division of	H2515 →
בֵּֽית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
אָ֖ב	'av	an ancestor	H1 →
לַלְוִיִּֽם׃	lal.vi.Yim	for the Levites	H3881 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3881lalviyimfor the Levites291×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 134:1
Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
leads to
- Psalms 120:1
  In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
- Psalms 135:1–2
  Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
- 1 Chronicles 9:33
  Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
- 2 Chronicles 29:11
  Now, my sons, do not be negligent, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, to minister before Him, and to burn incense.”
- Revelation 19:5
  Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
Through
Ezra 6:18
They 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.
leads to
- Numbers 3:6
  “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
Through
Psalms 135:2
who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
leads to
- Psalms 116:19
  in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 92:13
  Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 2 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 2 Chronicles