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They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled [the blood which they received] of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
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Coordinated Roles in Worship
Commentators explain the specific division of labor during the Passover sacrifice. The Levites performed the slaughter of the lambs and the flaying (skinning) of the animals. They would then catch the blood and hand it to the priests, whose distinct role was to sprinkle the blood, likely upon the altar. This coordinated effort highlights the order and reverence required in worship.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See the marginal references and note.
2 Chronicles 35:8
His princes—that is, his ecclesiastical princes, the chief…
19th Century
Anglican
The passover. —The paschal victims.
From their hands. —Hebrew, hand. The hand of the Levites, who…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they killed the passover The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites:
and the p…
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The destruction Josiah made of idolatry was related in more detail in the book of Kings. His solemnizing the Passover is related here.
The L…