2 Chronicles 35:11
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
2 Chronicles 35:11 in other translations
| BSB | And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals. |
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| WEB | They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from their hands, and the Levites skinned them. |
| ASV | And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them. |
| YLT | and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping; |
| DARBY | And they slaughtered the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed them. |
| BBE | And they put the Passover lambs to death, the blood being drained out by the priests when it was given to them, and the Levites did the skinning. |
| Webster | And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. |
What does 2 Chronicles 35:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 35:10-11
10-11. So the service was prepared, &c.--All the necessary preparations having been completed, and the appointed time having arrived for the passover, the solemnity was celebrated. One remarkable feature in the account is the prominent part that was taken by the Levites in the preparation of the sacrifices; namely, the killing and stripping of the skins, which were properly the peculiar duties of the priests; but as…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 35:1-19
The destruction Josiah made of idolatry, was more largely related in the book of Kings. His solemnizing the passover is related here. The Lord's supper resembles the passover more than any other of the Jewish festivals; and the due observance of that ordinance, is a proof of growing piety and devotion. God alone can truly make our hearts holy, and prepare them for his holy services; but there are duties belonging to…
2 Chronicles 35:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 35:11
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- Leviticus 1:5-6
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. And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.
- 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.
- Numbers 18:3
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
- 2 Chronicles 29:22-24
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
- Numbers 18:7
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
- Hebrews 9:21-22
Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 35:10
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.
- 2 Chronicles 35:11
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
- 2 Chronicles 35:12
And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
2 Chronicles 35:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y sacrificaron la pascua; y esparcían los sacerdotes la sangre tomada de mano de los Levitas, y los Levitas desollaban. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils égorgèrent la pâque; et les sacrificateurs firent aspersion du sang qu’ils recevaient de leurs mains, et les lévites écorchaient les victimes. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie schlachteten das Passah; und die Priester sprengten das Blut aus ihrer Hand, und die Leviten zogen die Haut ab. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et immolatum est Phase: asperseruntque sacerdotes manu sua sanguinem, et Levitæ detraxerunt pelles holocaustorum: |