2 Chronicles 35:5
in 2 Chronicles 35Moreover, 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.
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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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 35
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
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.”
This site's exposition
according to the instructions written by David king of Israel
on 2 Chronicles 35:4-6
The Levites prepare by families in their divisions, “according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son”. These are the courses of 1 Chronicles 23 to 26. Each family of Levites serves its kinsmen “to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses”.
This site's exposition
by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people
Albert Barnes explains: each family was matched with a section of a Levitical family. John Wesley notes that Josiah calls the lay families their kinsmen so that the Levites would serve them willingly. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown describe the later practice of admitting the worshipers one company at a time.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Stand - Or, minister, (as that word is frequently used) in the court of the priests. According - According to the several families both of the people, whom he calls their brethren, lest they should despise them, or grudge to serve them, and of the Levites.
And stand in the holy place,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were: according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people; of the other tribes, who were according to their families to provide a lamb for the passover: and after the division of the families of the Levites; who were obliged to observe the same ordinance in their respective families, and for whom, as well as for the other families of Israel, they were to slay the lamb.
Our rule is settled in the written word; let magistrates take care that ministers walk according to that rule and they do their duty. He ordered the ark to be put in its place.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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).
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעִמְד֣וּ | veimdu | and stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ | vakodesh | in the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לִפְלֻגּוֹת֙ | liflugoyt | to [the] divisions of | H6391 → | |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָֽאָב֔וֹת | haavot | the ancestors | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם | laacheikhem | of countrymen your | H251 → | 630 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הָעָ֑ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַחֲלֻקַּ֥ת | vachalukat | and a division of | H2515 → | |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָ֖ב | ʾav | an ancestor | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לַלְוִיִּֽם׃ | lalviyim | for the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
וְעִמְד֣וּand stand
veimduH5975 →521 times
בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁin the holy place
vakodeshH6944 →469 times
לִפְלֻגּוֹת֙to [the] divisions of
liflugoytH6391 →
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָֽאָב֔וֹתthe ancestors
haavotH1 →1212 times
לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖םof countrymen your
laacheikhemH251 →630 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
הָעָ֑םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וַחֲלֻקַּ֥תand a division of
vachalukatH2515 →
בֵּֽית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
אָ֖בan ancestor
ʾavH1 →1212 times
לַלְוִיִּֽם׃for the Levites
lalviyimH3881 →291 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
Psalms 134:1Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
it 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!”
- Psalms 120:1
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.
- Numbers 3:6
Through
Psalms 135:2who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.
it 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.
- Psalms 116:19
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.