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Christian Standard Bible ®

2 Chronicles 35:11

Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs, and while the Levites were skinning the animals, the priests splattered the blood they had been given.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Josiah;   Levites;   Liberality;   Passover;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Passover;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Priest, Priesthood;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Josiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hilkiah;   Josiah;   Levites;   Passover;   Sacrifice;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Passover (I.);   Preparation ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Flay, to;   Josiah ;   Ox, Oxen;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Josiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They killed the Pesach, and the Kohanim sprinkled [the blood which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
King James Version
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
English Standard Version
And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests threw the blood that they received from them while the Levites flayed the sacrifices.
New Century Version
The Passover lambs were killed. Then the Levites skinned the animals and gave the blood to the priests, who sprinkled it on the altar.
New English Translation
They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood, while the Levites skinned the animals.
Amplified Bible
They slaughtered the Passover lambs, and while the priests sprinkled the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned the animals.
New American Standard Bible
They slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests sprinkled the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned the animals.
World English Bible
They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they slewe the Passeouer, and the Priests sprinkled the blood with their handes, and the Leuites flayed them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests splashed the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned them.
Berean Standard Bible
And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.
Contemporary English Version
Then the Levites killed and skinned the Passover lambs, and they handed some of the blood to the priests, who splattered it on the altar.
Complete Jewish Bible
They slaughtered the Pesach lamb; the cohanim splashed [the blood, which they received from the L'vi'im], and the L'vi'im skinned and butchered them.
Darby Translation
And they slaughtered the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Passover lambs were killed. Then the Levites skinned the animals and gave the blood to the priests. The priests sprinkled the blood on the altar.
George Lamsa Translation
And they killed the passover according to the kings command, and the priests sprinkled some of the blood.
Good News Translation
After the lambs and goats had been killed, the Levites skinned them, and the priests sprinkled the blood on the altar.
Lexham English Bible
And they slaughtered the Passover lamb, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed the sacrifices.
Literal Translation
And they slaughtered the passover offering and the priests sprinkled out of their hand, and the Levites were stripping;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they kylled the Passeouer, and the prestes toke it off their handes, and sprenkled it: and the Leuites toke the skynnes off them,
American Standard Version
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they slue passouer, and the priestes sprinckled the blood with their hande, and the Leuites pulled of the skinnes of the beastes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they killed the passover lamb, and the priests dashed [the blood, which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
King James Version (1611)
And they killed the Passeouer, and the Priestes sprinckled the blood from their handes, and the Leuites flayed them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they slew the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hand, and the Levites flayed the victims.
English Revised Version
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood, which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And preestis spreynten her hondis with blood, and dekenes drowen of the skynnes of sacrifices, and departiden tho sacrificis,
Update Bible Version
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood which they received] from their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed [them].
New King James Version
And they slaughtered the Passover offerings; and the priests sprinkled the blood with their hands, while the Levites skinned the animals.
New Living Translation
The Levites then slaughtered the Passover lambs and presented the blood to the priests, who sprinkled the blood on the altar while the Levites prepared the animals.
New Life Bible
Then they killed the Passover animals. The religious leaders took the blood from them and put it on the altar. And the Levites cut the skins from the animals.
New Revised Standard
They slaughtered the passover lamb, and the priests dashed the blood that they received from them, while the Levites did the skinning.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they slaughtered the passover, and the priests dashed the blood received at their hand, and the Levites were flaying the offerings .
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the phase was immolated: and the priests sprinkled the blood with their hand, and the Levites flayed the holocausts:
Revised Standard Version
And they killed the passover lamb, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from them while the Levites flayed the victims.
Young's Literal Translation
and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests sprinkled the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned them.

Contextual Overview

1Josiah observed the Lord’s Passover and slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple. 3He said to the Levites who taught all Israel the holy things of the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. Since you do not have to carry it on your shoulders, now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. 4“Organize your ancestral families by your divisions according to the written instruction of King David of Israel and that of his son Solomon. 5Serve in the holy place by the groupings of the ancestral families for your brothers, the lay people, and according to the division of the Levites by family. 6Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your brothers to carry out the word of the Lord through Moses.” 7Then Josiah donated thirty thousand sheep, lambs, and young goats, plus three thousand cattle from his own possessions, for the Passover sacrifices for all the lay people who were present. 8His officials also donated willingly for the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, chief officials of God’s temple, gave twenty-six hundred Passover sacrifices and three hundred cattle for the priests. 9Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated five thousand Passover sacrifices for the Levites, plus five hundred cattle. 10So the service was established; the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the priests: 2 Chronicles 29:22-24, 2 Chronicles 30:16, Leviticus 1:5, Leviticus 1:6, Numbers 18:3, Numbers 18:7, Hebrews 9:21, Hebrews 9:22

flayed them: 2 Chronicles 29:34

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 23:28 - purifying Ezra 6:20 - killed Ezekiel 44:11 - shall slay Matthew 26:19 - and they

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation,I will bless you,I will make your name great,and you will be a blessing.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
Genesis 15:5
He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her; indeed, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will produce nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
Genesis 18:14
Is anything impossible for the Lord? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.”
Genesis 18:18
Abraham is to become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him.
Genesis 22:17
I will indeed bless you and make your offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the city gates of their enemies.
Genesis 28:14
Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Genesis 32:12
You have said, ‘I will cause you to prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to be counted.’”

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 2 Chronicles 30:16.

and the Levites flayed them; the passover lambs, took off their skins.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references and note.

2 Chronicles 35:8

His princes - i. e. his ecclesiastical princes, the chief men of the priests and Levites. For the poor families of their own order the leading priests furnished both Passover-cattle and cattle for thank-offerings. The chief Levites acted similarly toward the poor Levitical families.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 35:11. 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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