2 Chronicles 30 · Verse 16

2 Chronicles 30:16

And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
2 Chronicles 30:16, King James Version

2 Chronicles 30:16 in other translations

BSBThey 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.
WEBThey stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.
ASVAnd they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.
YLTAnd they stand on their station according to their ordinance; according to the law of Moses the man of God the priests are sprinkling the blood out of the hand of the Levites,
DARBYAnd they stood in their place after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood receiving it from the hand of the Levites.
BBEAnd they took their places in their right order, as it was ordered in the law of Moses, the man of God: the priests draining out on the altar the blood given them by the Levites.
WebsterAnd they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

What does 2 Chronicles 30:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 30:16-18
16-18. the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites--This was a deviation from the established rules and practices in presenting the offerings of the temple. The reason was, that many present on the occasion having not sanctified themselves, the Levites slaughtered the paschal victims (see on 2Ch 35:5) for everyone that was unclean. At other times the heads of families killed the lambs themselves, the priests receiving the blood from their hands and presenting it on the altar. Multitudes of the Israelites, especially from certain tribes (2Ch 30:18), were in this unsanctified state, and yet they ate the passover--an exceptional feature and one opposed to the law (Nu 9:6); but this exception was allowed in answer to Hezekiah's prayer (2Ch 30:18-20).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 30:13-20

The great thing needful in attendance upon God in solemn ordinances, is, that we make heart-work of it; all is nothing without this. Where this sincerity and fixedness of heart are, there may yet be many things short of the purification of the sanctuary. These defects need pardoning, healing grace; for omissions in duty are sins, as well as omissions of duty. If God should deal with us in strict justice, even as to…

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2 Chronicles 30:16 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּvai.ya.'am.Duand they stoodH5975
עַל\־'al-atH5921
עָמְדָם֙'a.me.Damplace theirH5977
כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔םke.mish.pa.Tamaccording to custom theirH4941
כְּתוֹרַ֖תke.to.Rataccording to [the] law ofH8451
מֹשֶׁ֣הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אִישׁ\־'ish-[the] man ofH376
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
זֹרְקִ֣יםzo.re.Kim[were] sprinklingH2236
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדָּ֔םha.Damthe bloodH1818
מִיַּ֖דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand ofH3027
הַלְוִיִּֽם\׃hal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 30:16

  • 2 Chronicles 35:15

    And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

  • Deuteronomy 33:1

    And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

  • Leviticus 1:5

    And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • 2 Kings 11:14

    And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:10-11

    So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment. And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

  • Hebrews 11:28

    Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they stood.
35:10,15
place. Heb. standing. after their manner.
2Ki 11:14
Moses.
De 33:1
the priests.
35:10,11; Le 1:5; Heb 11:28

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 30:15

    Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:16

    And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:17

    For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 30:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y pusiéronse en su orden conforme á su costumbre, conforme á la ley de Moisés varón de Dios; los sacerdotes esparcían la sangre que recibían de manos de los Levitas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils se tinrent à leur place, selon leur ordonnance, selon la loi de Moïse, homme de Dieu, les sacrificateurs faisant aspersion du sang, le recevant des mains des lévites.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie standen an ihrem Standorte, nach ihrer Vorschrift, nach dem Gesetz Moses, des Mannes Gottes; die Priester sprengten das Blut aus der Hand der Leviten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		steteruntque in ordine suo juxta dispositionem et legem Moysi hominis Dei: sacerdotes vero suscipiebant effundendum sanguinem de manibus Levitarum,