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

3He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It shouldn’t be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. 4Get yourselves ready with the family groups of your divisions, which are listed in the records of King David of Israel and the records of his son Solomon. Stand in the holy place representing the family divisions of your relatives, the people ⌞of Israel⌟. Let the Levites be considered a part of each family. 6Slaughter the Passover lamb, perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy, and prepare ⌞the lambs⌟ for the other Israelites as the Lord instructed ⌞us⌟ through Moses.” 7Josiah provided the people with 33,000 sheep and goats to be sacrificed as Passover offerings for all who were present. In addition, he provided 3,000 bulls. (These animals were 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 134:1Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, all who stand in the house of the Lord night after night.
• Psalms 135:2who are standing in the house of the Lord, in the courtyards 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