2 Chronicles 35:5

5 Stand in the sanctuary, according to the family divisions of your relatives the laypeople, so that there can be Levites for each family division.

2 Chronicles 35:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 35:5

And stand in the holy place
The court of the priests, where their ministrations were:

according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people;
of the other tribes, who were according to their families to provide a lamb for the passover:

and after the division of the families of the Levites;
who were obliged to observe the same ordinance in their respective families, and for whom, as well as for the other families of Israel, they were to slay the lamb.

2 Chronicles 35:5 In-Context

3 Next Josiah ordered the Levites, who were holy to the LORD and who instructed all Israel: "Put the holy chest in the temple built by Israel's King Solomon, David's son. You don't need to carry it around on your shoulders anymore. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.

4 Organize yourselves by families according to your divisions, as directed by Israel's King David and his son Solomon.

5 Stand in the sanctuary, according to the family divisions of your relatives the laypeople, so that there can be Levites for each family division.

6 Slaughter the Passover lambs and prepare the holy sacrifices for your relatives in order to celebrate according to the LORD's word through Moses."

7 On behalf of the laypeople, Josiah donated from his personal holdings thirty thousand lambs and young goats, and three thousand bulls, all for the Passover offerings.

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb uncertain