They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites skinned them.
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They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites skinned them.
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And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
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And they killed the passover lamb, and the priests dashed the blood, which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 35:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- Leviticus 1:5-6 He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. He shall skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces.
- Numbers 18:3 They shall keep your commands and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they nor you.
- Numbers 18:7 You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:22-24 So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They brought near the male goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly; and they laid their hands on them. Then the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 30:16 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.
- Hebrews 9:21-22 Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in the same way with the blood. According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, of the Lamb, which was called the Passover:…
Meaning, of the Lamb, which was called the Passover: for only the Priests might sprinkle, and in necessity the Levites might kill the sacrifice.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 35:11 And they killed the passover, and the…
2Ch 35:11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed [them].
Ver. 11. And they killed the passover.] See 2Ch 30:15. The Levites killed the bullocks, whereof see 2Ch 35:7; but the paschal lamb, the most proper service of the passover, was killed, as some think, by the head of each family.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which they did, though properly it belonged to the…
Which they did, though properly it belonged to the priests, because the priests, who were sanctified, were not sufficient for that work, there being so many thousands of the cattle; and they were fully employed in the killing of the sacrifices and the sprinkling of the blood, which was more properly the priests’ work than the other.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they killed the passover,.... The lambs for the…
And they killed the passover,.... The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites:
and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands; which they received from the Levites, see Ch2 30:16.
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and the Levites flayed them; the passover lambs, took off their skins.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. They killed the passover] The people themselves…
Verse 11. They killed the passover] The people themselves might slay their own paschal lambs, and then present the blood to the priests, that they might sprinkle it before the altar; and the Levites flayed them, and made them ready for dressing.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 35:11. And the Levites flayed them — Which…
2Ch 35:11. And the Levites flayed them — Which they did, (though properly that work belonged to the priests,) because the priests, who were sanctified, were not sufficient for it, there being so many thousands of the cattle; and they were fully employed in the killing of the sacrifices, and the sprinkling of the blood, which was more properly the priests’ work than the other.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Blood is expressed in the Sept. and understood in…
Blood is expressed in the Sept. and understood in Hebrew. H. --- With. Heb. and Sept. "from their hands;" (H.) receiving it from the officers, who might slay their own victims, (C.) unless they were unclean, C. xxx. 17. H. --- Holocausts. Heb. and Sept. speak of the paschal lambs. H. --- Holocausts were regularly to be flayed by priests, Lev. i. 6. The hurry of the solemnity, (C.) and necessity, here excused the Levites, (M.) if we understand proper holocausts. H.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. sprinkled] Cp. 2Ch_29:22, note.
11. sprinkled] Cp. 2Ch_29:22, note.
from their hands] R.V. which they received of their hand; cp. 2Ch_30:16.
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the Levites flayed] Cp. 2Ch_29:34.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) The passover.—The paschal victims.
(11) The passover.—The paschal victims.
From their hands.—Heb., hand. The hand of the Levites, who caught the blood when they slaughtered the victims, and gave it to the priests.
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Flayed.—Were flaying.—The exception of 2Ch_30:17 has become the rule here.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Comp. 2Ch 29:84 2Ch_30:16 Le 1 Le 3 Le…
Comp. 2Ch 29:84 2Ch_30:16 Le 1 Le 3 Le 4, passim.
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