2 Chronicles 35:10

10 The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions as the king had ordered.

2 Chronicles 35:10 in Other Translations

10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

10 When the service had been prepared for, the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions according to the king's command.

10 When everything was ready for the Passover celebration, the priests and the Levites took their places, organized by their divisions, as the king had commanded.

10 Preparations were complete for the service of worship; the priests took up their positions and the Levites were at their posts as instructed by the king.

10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king's commandment.

10 So the service was prepared. The priests took their positions with the Levites according to their divisions, as the king had ordered.

10 So the service was established; the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions according to the king's command.

10 The Passover service was arranged. The priests stood in their places. The Levites were in their groups. That's what the king had ordered.

2 Chronicles 35:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 35:10

So the service was prepared
Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of unleavened bread, for all sorts of people, rich and poor:

and the priests stood in their place;
in their court near the altar, to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifices about it, as in the following verse:

and the Levites in their courses;
whose turn it was to officiate:

according to the king's commandment,
( 2 Chronicles 35:4 ) .

2 Chronicles 35:10 In-Context

8 His officials also contributed voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle.

9 Also Konaniah along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad, the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.

10 The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions as the king had ordered.

11 The Passover lambs were slaughtered, and the priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals.

12 They set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the subdivisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 4; Ezra 6:18
• 2. 2 Chronicles 30:16