2 Chronicles 29:34

But the Kohanim were too few, so that they could not skin all the olot; therefore their achim the Levi'im did help them, until the work was completed, and until the other Kohanim had set them apart as kodesh for the Levi'im were more yashar in lev to set themselves apart as kodesh than the Kohanim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

33And the kadashim were six hundred bulls and three thousand sheep.

35And also the olah were in abundance, with the fat of the shelamim, and the nesakhim for every olah. So the Avodas Beis Hashem was set in order.

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Cross References

Numbers 8:15And after that shall the Levi'im go in to do the service of the Ohel Mo'ed; and thou shalt make them tahor and offer them for a tenufah.

Numbers 18:3And they shall stand your guard duty, and the duty of Kol HaOhel; only they shall not come near the Klei HaKodesh and the Mizbe'ach, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

2 Kings 12:6Let the Kohanim receive + 12:6 kesef, money to them, every Kohen from his donors; and let the Kohanim repair the breaches of the Bais, + 12:6 Hamikdash wheresoever any damage shall be found.

2 Chronicles 29:5And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levi'im, set yourselves apart as kodesh now and consecrate the Beis Hashem Elohei Avoteichem, and remove the niddah (contamination) from HaKodesh.

2 Chronicles 30:15Then they slaughtered the Pesach on the fourteenth day of the second month; and the Kohanim and the Levi'im were ashamed, and they set themselves apart as kodesh, and brought olot to the Beis Hashem.

2 Chronicles 35:11And they slaughtered the Pesach, and the Kohanim sprinkled the dahm from their hands, and the Levi'im skinned them.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 29:21-36

Hezekiah's Sacrifice. ( b. c. 726.) 20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord . 21 And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the Lord . 22 So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they… Read the whole commentary →

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