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2 Chronicles 35:11
And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Josiah’s Passover service is in progress, with priests and Levites standing in their assigned places according to the king’s command.
The words — וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ (va.yishcha.tu) denotes the act of slaughtering the Passover animals, while מַפְשִׁיטִים (maf.shi.tim) describes the Levites actively skinning the carcasses.
The thread — This division of labor between priests handling blood and Levites handling carcasses echoes the procedural instructions in Leviticus 1:5 and the Levitical assistance noted in 2 Chronicles 29:34.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of precise liturgical roles, requiring readers to observe how ordained duties maintain order and purity in corporate worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 However, 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 consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
- Leviticus 1:5 And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 18:3 And 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 you will die.
- Numbers 18:7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:22 So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on the altar.
- 2 Chronicles 30:16 They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
- Hebrews 9:21 In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.