2 Chronicles 35:5

2 Chronicles 35:5 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Stand in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families of your fellow Israelites, the lay people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And stand in the Holy Place according to the groupings of the fathers' houses of your brothers the lay people, and according to the division of the Levites by fathers' household.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the lay people, and according to the division of the father’s house of the Levites.

Context of 2 Chronicles 35:5

3To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the Lord he said, “Put the holy ark in the house (temple) which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it shall not be a burden [carried] on your shoulders any longer. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel. 4Prepare yourselves according to your fathers’ (ancestors’) households by your divisions, in accordance with the instructions of David king of Israel, and the instructions of his son Solomon. And stand in the holy place [of the priests] according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your fellow kinsmen the lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of [the families of] a father’s household. 6Slaughter the Passover lambs and consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your fellow countrymen to carry out (obey) the word of the Lord given by Moses.” 7Then Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats numbering 30,000, all as Passover offerings, and 3,000 bulls—these were from the king’s property.

2 Chronicles 35:5 word by word

וְעִמְד֣וּ בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁ לִפְלֻגּוֹת֙ בֵּ֣ית הָֽאָב֔וֹת לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וַחֲלֻקַּ֥ת בֵּֽית־אָ֖ב לַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And stand inעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• the holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · Holy PlaceH6944
• according to the divisionsפְּלֻגָּהpelûggâh · divisionH6391
• of the familiesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of the fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of your brethrenאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• the peopleבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• the divisionחֲלֻקָּהchălûqqâh · divisionH2515
• of the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 35:5

• Psalms 134:1Behold, bless and praise the Lord, all servants of the Lord (priests, Levites), Who stand and serve by night in the house of the Lord.
• Psalms 135:2You who stand in the house of the Lord, In the courts of the house of our God,

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 35:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The 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.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The priests and Levites followed the instructions of David and Solomon (2 Chronicles 8:14–15; 1 Chronicles 24–26). Usually, the person offering the Passover animal would slaughter it (Deuteronomy 16:5–6). However, because the offerers did not have time to purify themselves, Josiah continued Hezekiah's practice of having the Levites slaughter the Passover animals (see 2 Chronicles 30:13–20). During Josiah’s time, the large number of participants might have…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. stand in the holy place--in the court of the priests, the place where the victims were killed. The people were admitted according to their families in groups or companies of several households at a time. 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…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 35:5

• Church
• Josiah
• Levites
• Liberality
• Passover
• Priest

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings