2 Chronicles 35:11 “And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered…”

2 Chronicles 35:11

And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

World English Bible

They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from their hands, and the Levites skinned 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they slewe the Passeouer, and the Priests sprinkled the blood with their handes, and the Leuites flayed them.

Darby Translation

And they slaughtered the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hand, and the Levites flayed them.

Young's Literal Translation

and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping;

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.

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Cross references

“the priests”

2 Chronicles 29:22–24 2 Chronicles 30:16 Numbers 18:3 Numbers 18:7 Leviticus 1:5 Leviticus 1:6

2 Chronicles 29:22–24 · BSB

So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on th…

2 Chronicles 30:16 · BSB

They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.

Numbers 18:3 · BSB

And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

Numbers 18:7 · BSB

But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but a…

Leviticus 1:5 · BSB

And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 1:6 · BSB

Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

“flayed them”

2 Chronicles 29:34

2 Chronicles 29:34 · BSB

However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

12They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.

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