2 Chronicles 35:5

5 And stand in the sanctuary according to the clans of {your families} for your brothers, the {lay people}, and a part of the {family} of the Levites.

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 And he said to the Levites who [were] teaching all Israel, who were sanctified to Yahweh, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. There is no [need] to carry it on [your] shoulders. Now serve Yahweh your God and his people Israel.

4 And prepare yourselves according to {your families}, according to your working groups, according to the decree of David king of Israel and according to the decree of Solomon his son.

5 And stand in the sanctuary according to the clans of {your families} for your brothers, the {lay people}, and a part of the {family} of the Levites.

6 And slaughter the Passover [lamb] and consecrate yourself and prepare for your brothers to do according to the word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.

7 Then Josiah provided for the {lay people} sheep, lambs, and young goats, all for the Passover for all who were found [there], to the sum of thirty thousand, along with three thousand bulls. These [were] the possession of the king.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "the house of your fathers"
• [b] Literally "sons of the people"
• [c] Literally "house of the father"