2 Chronicles 35 · Verse 5

2 Chronicles 35:5

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.
2 Chronicles 35:5, King James Version

2 Chronicles 35:5 in other translations

BSBMoreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.
WEBStand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers’ house of the Levites.
ASVAnd stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a father’s house of the Levites.
YLTand stand in the sanctuary, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brethren, sons of the people, and the portion of the house of a father of the Levites,
DARBYand stand in the sanctuary for the classes of the fathers' houses, for your brethren, the children of the people, and according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the Levites;
BBEAnd take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of the people, and for every division let there be a part of a family of the Levites.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 35:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. 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 one to another of the officiating priests (2Ch 30:16-18).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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…

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2 Chronicles 35:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעִמְד֣וּve.'im.Duand standH5975
בַקֹּ֗דֶשׁva.Ko.deshin the holy placeH6944
לִפְלֻגּוֹת֙lif.lu.goyTto [the] divisions ofH6391
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הָֽאָב֔וֹתha.'a.Votthe ancestorsH1
לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖םla.'a.chei.Khemof countrymen yourH251
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַחֲלֻקַּ֥תva.cha.lu.Katand a division ofH2515
בֵּֽית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
אָ֖ב'avan ancestorH1
לַלְוִיִּֽם\׃lal.vi.Yimfor the LevitesH3881

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 35:5

  • Psalms 134:1

    A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord.

  • Ezra 6:18

    And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.

  • Psalms 135:2

    Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And stand.
Ps 134:1; 135:2
families of the fathers. Heb. house of the fathers. people.Heb. sons of the people.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 35:4

    And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:5

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:6

    So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.

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2 Chronicles 35:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estad en el santuario según la distribución de las familias de vuestros hermanos los hijos del pueblo, y según la división de la familia de los Levitas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et placez-vous dans le lieu saint pour les sections des maisons de pères de vos frères, les fils du peuple, et selon les divisions des maisons de pères des lévites;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und stellet euch im Heiligtum auf nach den Klassen der Vaterhäuser eurer Brüder, der Kinder des Volkes, und zwar je eine Abteilung eines Vaterhauses der Leviten;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ministrate in sanctuario per familias turmasque Leviticas,