2 Chronicles 30:16

And they stood in their place, according to their regulation, according to the law of Moses the man of God,—the priests, dashing the blood, [which they received] at the hand of the Levites.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15Then slaughtered they the passover, on the fourteenth of the second month,—and, the priests and the Levites, were put to shame, and hallowed themselves, and brought in the ascending-sacrifices of the house of Yahweh.

17For there were many in the convocation, who had not hallowed themselves,—but, the Levites, were over the slaughtering of the passover-lambs, for every one who was, not pure, to hallow him unto Yahweh.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:5and he shall slay the young bullock before Yahweh,—and the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall bring near the blood, and shall dash the blood against the altar round about, [even the altar] that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

2 Kings 11:14and looked, and lo! the king, standing by the pillar, as the custom was, and the captains and the trumpeters, by the king, and, all the people of the land, rejoicing, and blowing with trumpets,—so Athaliah rent her garments, and cried out—Conspiracy! conspiracy!

2 Chronicles 35:10Thus was the service prepared,—and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the commandment of the king.

2 Chronicles 35:15the singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the seer of the king, and, the doorkeepers, were at the several doors,—there was no need for them to remove from their service, for, their brethren the Levites, prepared for them.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 30:14-21

The Celebration of the Passover. ( b. c. 726.) 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings… Read the whole commentary →

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