2 Chronicles 35:11
in 2 Chronicles 35And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
KJV
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 35
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThey killed the passover - The people themselves might slay their own paschal lambs, and then present the blood to the priests, that they might sprinkle it before the altar; and the Levites flayed them, and made them ready for dressing.
This site's exposition
the priests stood in their place
on 2 Chronicles 35:10-11
The passover runs by a stated division of labor: priests stand in their place to receive and sprinkle the blood at the altar, and Levites do the slaughtering and flaying a family would ordinarily do for itself. It is the order Hezekiah's hurried passover in chapter 30 could not fully keep, priests too few for the work and Levites filling in beside them; here, prepared under Josiah's own charge, the assignments already match the courses the writing of David and Solomon set out in verse 4.
The words behind it
7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּ | vaiyishchatu | and they slaughtered | H7819 → | 81 times |
| הַפָּ֑סַח | hapasach | the passover | H6453 → | 49 times |
| וַיִּזְרְק֤וּ | vaiyizreku | and they sprinkled | H2236 → | 35 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִים֙ | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִיָּדָ֔ם | miyadam | from hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| מַפְשִׁיטִֽים׃ | mafshitim | [were] skinning [them] | H6584 → | 43 times |
וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּand they slaughtered
vaiyishchatuH7819 →81 times
הַפָּ֑סַחthe passover
hapasachH6453 →49 times
וַיִּזְרְק֤וּand they sprinkled
vaiyizrekuH2236 →35 times
הַכֹּהֲנִים֙the priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
מִיָּדָ֔םfrom hand their
miyadamH3027 →1618 times
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖םand the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →291 times
מַפְשִׁיטִֽים׃[were] skinning [them]
mafshitimH6584 →43 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
Numbers 18:3And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and…
it leads to
- Numbers 4:15
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
- Numbers 3:25
The duties of the Gershonites at the Tent of Meeting were the tabernacle and tent, its covering, the curtain for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 4:19–20
In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his…
- Numbers 3:31
Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.
- Numbers 3:36
The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,
- Numbers 4:15
Through
2 Chronicles 29:34However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had been consecrated. For the Levites had…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 30:3
since they had been unable to observe it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 30:16–17
They 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.
- Numbers 18:6–7
Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
- 2 Chronicles 30:3
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