2 Chronicles 30:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעַמְד֤וּ עַל־עָמְדָם֙ כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם כְּתוֹרַ֖ת מֹשֶׁ֣ה אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ זֹרְקִ֣ים אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם מִיַּ֖ד הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

Transliteration

And wayya'amdû on-'omdām according-to-mišpāṭām according-to-tôrat Mōšeh 'îš-hā'ĕlōhîm; the-kōhănîm zōrĕqîm 'et-the-dām from-yad the-lĕwiyyîm.

Grammar Details

*wayya'amdû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd common plural - and they stood
*'omdām*: common noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their place
*mišpāṭām*: common noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their custom
*tôrat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - law of
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine - Moses
*'îš*-*hā'ĕlōhîm*: man of God
*kōhănîm*: common noun, masculine plural absolute with definite article - the priests
*zōrĕqîm*: qal participle masculine plural absolute - sprinkling
*'et*-the-*dām*: direct object marker + common noun, masculine singular absolute with definite article - the blood
*yad*: common noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
*lĕwiyyîm*: proper noun, masculine plural absolute with definite article - the Levites

Word Meanings

*wayya'amdû*: and they stood/took their places/positioned themselves
*'omdām*: their place/their position/their station
*mišpāṭām*: their custom/their regulation/their ordinance
*tôrat*: law of/instruction of/teaching of
*'îš*-*hā'ĕlōhîm*: man of God/divine messenger
*zōrĕqîm*: sprinkling/tossing/throwing
*dām*: blood
*yad*: hand/from

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Referenced Verses

Deut 33:1 : 1 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
2 Chr 35:15 : 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they needed not to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
Heb 11:28 : 28 By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
2 Kgs 11:14 : 14 and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
2 Chr 35:10-11 : 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. 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
Lev 1:5 : 5 And he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Chr 35:10-12
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10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their courses, according to the king's commandment.
11And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
12And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
2 Chr 30:17
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17For there were many in the assembly that had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto Jehovah.
2 Chr 29:22
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22So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
2 Chr 30:15
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15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt-offerings into the house of Jehovah.
Ezra 6:18
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18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
Heb 9:19-20
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19For when {G5259} every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward.
Exod 24:8
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8And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which Jehovah hath made with you concerning all these words.
Num 8:20-22
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20Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites: according unto all that Jehovah commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
21And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons: as Jehovah had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.
2 Chr 35:5-6
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5And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brethren the children of the people, and [let there be for each] a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites.
6And kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by Moses.
Lev 4:6
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6and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah, before the veil of the sanctuary.
Exod 24:6
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6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Ezra 6:20
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20For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
2 Chr 35:14
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14And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron [were busied] in offering the burnt-offerings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
Ezra 3:2
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2Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt-offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
2 Chr 29:34
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34But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
Exod 40:31-32
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31And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat;
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Lev 16:19
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19And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.
Exod 30:11
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11And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Chr 29:15-16
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15And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah.
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Lev 8:24
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Lev 4:17
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17and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil.
Num 8:15
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Num 8:6
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6Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.
1 Chr 15:14
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Exod 30:22
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22Moreover Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Chr 5:11
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Num 31:21
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Lev 8:19
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19And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
Exod 40:16
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Deut 31:9
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Num 9:6
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2 Chr 23:18
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Exod 30:20
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2 Chr 30:3
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