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Follow all the directions that the LORD gave through Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/35.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And slaughter the Passover lamb, and consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/35.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that <i>they</i> may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So slaughter the Passover <i>offerings,</i> consecrate yourselves, and prepare <i>them</i> for your brethren, that <i>they</i> may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now slaughter the Passover <i>animals,</i> keep one another consecrated, and prepare for your countrymen to act in accordance with the word of the LORD by Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Now slaughter the Passover animals, sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Now slaughter the Passover <i>animals</i>, sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now slaughter the Passover <i>animals</i>, sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brothers to do according to the word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover <i>lambs</i> and consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your fellow countrymen to carry out (obey) the word of the LORD <i>given</i> by Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your brothers to carry out the word of the LORD through Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your brothers to carry out the word of the LORD through Moses.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When the people bring you their Passover lamb, you must kill it and prepare it to be sacrificed to the LORD. Make sure the people celebrate according to the instructions that the LORD gave Moses, and don't do anything to make yourselves unclean and unacceptable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover lamb, perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy, and prepare [the lambs] for the other Israelites as the LORD instructed [us] through Moses."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You are to kill the Passover lambs and goats. Now make yourselves ritually clean and prepare the sacrifices in order that your fellow Israelites may follow the instructions which the LORD gave through Moses." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now slaughter the Passover, consecrate yourselves, and prepare your relatives to obey the command from the LORD given by Moses."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the LORD commanded through Moses." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Kill the Passover lamb, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Kill the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to Yahweh’s word by Moses.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and slaughter the Passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the word of YHWH by the hand of Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and slaughter the passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And slaughter ye the passover and consecrate yourselves, and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And being sanctified kill the phase, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the words which the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And having been sanctified, immolate the Passover. And then prepare your brothers, so that they may be able to act in accord with the words which the Lord has spoken by the hand of Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Slaughter the Passover sacrifice, sanctify yourselves, and be at the disposition of your kin, that all may be done according to the word of the LORD given through Moses.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Slaughter the passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and on behalf of your kindred make preparations, acting according to the word of the LORD by Moses.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And kill the passover and sanctify yourselves and prepare the hearts of your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And kill the Passover and be hallowed and prepare the heart of your brethren, that they will do just as LORD JEHOVAH spoke with your brethren.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And kill the passover lamb, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And kill ye the passover, and prepare <i>it</i> for your brethren, to do according to the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=9570" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Josiah Restores the Passover</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: wə·ša·ḥă·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">Slaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/6453.htm" title="6453: hap·pā·saḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- Passover. From pacach; a pretermission, i.e. Exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover.">the Passover lambs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: wə·hiṯ·qad·də·šū (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-Imp-mp) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">consecrate yourselves,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: wə·hā·ḵî·nū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">and make preparations</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: la·’ă·ḥê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">for your fellow countrymen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: la·‘ă·śō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">to carry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: kiḏ·ḇar- (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the word</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ- (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">given by</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Exodus 12:21-27</a></span><br />Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb. / Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning. / When the LORD passes through to strike down the Egyptians, He will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway; so He will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a></span><br />Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-21.htm">2 Kings 23:21-23</a></span><br />The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” / No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah. / But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Leviticus 23:4-8</a></span><br />These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-1.htm">Numbers 9:1-5</a></span><br />In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: / “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a></span><br />Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a></span><br />The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a></span><br />By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3-11</a></span><br />Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. / If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. / Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-36.htm">John 19:36</a></span><br />Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Isaiah 53:7</a></span><br />He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brothers, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.</p><p class="hdg">So kill</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/30-15.htm">2 Chronicles 30:15-17</a></b></br> Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth <i>day</i> of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6,21,22</a></b></br> And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/6-20.htm">Ezra 6:20,21</a></b></br> For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them <i>were</i> pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves… </p><p class="hdg">sanctify</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">2 Chronicles 29:5,15,34</a></b></br> And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy <i>place</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/30-3.htm">2 Chronicles 30:3,15-19</a></b></br> For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/35-2.htm">Genesis 35:2</a></b></br> Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that <i>were</i> with him, Put away the strange gods that <i>are</i> among you, and be clean, and change your garments:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-22.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/29-5.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-11.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Death</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-5.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-17.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-5.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-16.htm">ing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-14.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-20.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Passover-Offering</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-4.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-4.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-32.htm">Word</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-4.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-21.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-17.htm">Consecrate</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-18.htm">Countrymen</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm">Death</a> <a href="/ezra/6-6.htm">Fellow</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-13.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">ing</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-11.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-12.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-16.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-7.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm">Passover-Offering</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-10.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-22.htm">Sanctify</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-12.htm">Word</a> <a href="/ezra/10-11.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 35</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Josiah keeps a most solemn Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-20.htm">He provoking Pharaoh Neco, is slain at Megiddo</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">Lamentations for Josiah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The slaughtering of the lambs is a direct command from God, symbolizing the sacrifice necessary for redemption. The lamb is a type of Christ, who is referred to as the "Lamb of God" in <a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>, signifying His role as the ultimate sacrifice for sin.<p><b>Consecrate yourselves</b><br>Consecration involves setting oneself apart for a holy purpose. In the context of the Passover, the priests and Levites were required to be ritually clean to perform their duties. This act of consecration underscores the holiness required to approach God, a theme echoed in <a href="/1_peter/1-16.htm">1 Peter 1:16</a>, which calls believers to be holy as God is holy.<p><b>And make preparations for your fellow countrymen</b><br>This phrase highlights the communal aspect of the Passover celebration. The priests and Levites were to assist the people in preparing for the festival, ensuring that all was done according to God's instructions. This reflects the importance of spiritual leadership and guidance within the community, as seen in <a href="/ephesians/4-11.htm">Ephesians 4:11-12</a>, where leaders equip the saints for ministry.<p><b>To carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses</b><br>The reference to Moses connects this command to the Law given at Sinai, emphasizing continuity in God's covenant with Israel. The Passover is a perpetual ordinance (<a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14</a>), and adherence to it demonstrates obedience to God's word. This obedience is a recurring theme throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22</a>, which calls believers to be doers of the word.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/josiah.htm">Josiah</a></b><br>The king of Judah who initiated religious reforms and restored the observance of the Passover as commanded in the Law of Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a></b><br>The tribe assigned to religious duties, including the preparation and slaughtering of the Passover lambs.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a></b><br>A significant Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt, as instituted in the Law of Moses.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivered the Law, including the instructions for the Passover.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, for whom the Passover was prepared and celebrated.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Josiah's actions highlight the importance of adhering to God's instructions as given through Moses. This obedience is a model for us to follow God's Word faithfully.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_spiritual_leaders.htm">Role of Spiritual Leaders</a></b><br>The Levites were tasked with preparing the Passover, demonstrating the responsibility of spiritual leaders to guide and serve the community in worship and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_the_passover.htm">Significance of the Passover</a></b><br>The Passover is a reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness. It points forward to Christ's sacrifice, encouraging us to remember and celebrate our salvation through Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consecration_and_preparation.htm">Consecration and Preparation</a></b><br>The Levites were to consecrate themselves, emphasizing the need for personal holiness and preparation in serving God and others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_worship.htm">Community Worship</a></b><br>The preparation of the Passover for the Israelites underscores the communal aspect of worship, reminding us of the importance of gathering together to honor God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 35</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'called_by_his_purpose'_mean.htm">How is Jesus represented in each book of the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_believed_in_the_old_testament.htm">Who were the believers in the Old Testament?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_feasible_were_30,000_sacrifices.htm">How could 2 Chronicles 35:7's massive number of sacrificed animals (30,000 lambs and goats) be logistically and historically feasible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_biblical_drink_offering's_role.htm">What is the significance of the biblical drink offering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">And sanctify yourselves.</span>--Probably by washing the hands before handing the blood of sprinkling to the priests. (See <a href="/2_chronicles/30-16.htm" title="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.">2Chronicles 30:16</a> <span class= "ital">seq.</span>)<p><span class= "bld">Prepare your brethren.</span>--Prepare (the passover) <span class= "ital">for your brethren of</span> the laity.<p><span class= "bld">That they may do.</span>--<span class= "ital">So as to do.</span> The Levites themselves are to obey the prescriptions of the Mosaic Law.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/35.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Prepare your brethren</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> as betokened by the wording of the foregoing verse, their brethren, the <span class="accented">people.</span> The Levites were to purify <span class="accented">themselves</span>, perform their other duties of killing the victims, and withal to use their opportunities of instructing the people to the better order and performance of the whole solemn service. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Slaughter</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשַׁחֲט֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ša·ḥă·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> </span><span class="str2">To slaughter, beat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Passover lambs,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּ֑סַח</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pā·saḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6453.htm">Strong's 6453: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pretermission, exemption, Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consecrate yourselves,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiṯ·qad·də·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be set apart or consecrated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and make preparations</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָכִ֣ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·ḵî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for your fellow countrymen</span><br /><span class="heb">לַאֲחֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(la·’ă·ḥê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to carry out</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the word</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּדְבַר־</span> <span class="translit">(kiḏ·ḇar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[given] by</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיַד־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yaḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶֽׁה׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">2 Chronicles 35:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/35-6.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 35:6 Kill the Passover and sanctify yourselves (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 35:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 35:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 35:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 35:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>