Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 35:5
And stand in the holy [place] according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and [after] the division of the families of the Levites.
5. of the families of the fathers ] R.V. of the fathers’ houses.
the people ] R.V. the children of the people, i.e. the laity. The same phrase is translated in 2Ki 23:6 “the common people” (without any invidious meaning).
and after the division of the families of the Levites ] R.V. and let there be for each a portion of a fathers’ house of the Levites. Each great division of the laity is to be served by a small division of the Levites.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sense of this verse probably is: So divide yourselves that, for every distinct family among the people who come to the Passover, there shall be a portion of a Levitical family to minister.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Stand in the place, or, minister, as that word is frequently used, in the court of the priests, which is so called elsewhere, as hath been noted before.
After the division of the families of the Levites, i.e. according to the several families both of the people, whom he calls their brethren, lest they should despise them, or grudge to serve them, and of the Levites. For the passover was to be eaten by the several families according to their numbers, Exo 12:3. And therefore he commands these persons, that when the paschal lambs were brought to them to be killed, as they were, 2Ch 35:7-9, they might so order the matter, that they might be distributed to the several families, whether of the Levitical or other tribes.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
5. stand in the holy placeinthe court of the priests, the place where the victims were killed.The people were admitted according to their families in groups orcompanies of several households at a time. When the first companyentered the court (which consisted commonly of as many as it couldwell hold), the gates were shut and the offering was made. TheLevites stood in rows from the slaughtering places to the altar, andhanded the blood and fat from one to another of the officiatingpriests (2Ch 30:16-18).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) Stand in the holy place.In the Temple court.
According to the divisions . . . the Levites.Rather, according to the sections of the father-houses of your brethren the sons of the people (as opposed to the sons of Levi); and, in fact, a portion of a father-house of the Levites; scil., beside every entire father-house of laymen. The Levites were to slay and skin the lambs, and hand the blood to the priests, and to give their share of the roasted flesh to the people (2Ch. 35:11-12).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 35:5 And stand in the holy [place] according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and [after] the division of the families of the Levites.
Ver. 5. And stand in the holy place. ] In the priests’ court.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
divisions. The word occurs only here.
the families = the houses.
the People = the sons of the People: i.e. the common people.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
And stand: Psa 134:1, Psa 135:2
families of the fathers: Heb. house of the fathers
people: Heb. sons of the people.
Reciprocal: Exo 12:21 – and take 2Ch 35:10 – the priests Ezr 6:18 – the priests
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 35:5. And stand in the holy place Or minister (as that word is frequently used) in the court of the priests. According to the division of the families According to the several families, both of the people, whom he calls their brethren, lest they should despise them, or grudge to serve them, and of the Levites. For the passover was to be eaten by the several families according to their numbers, and therefore he commands these persons, that when the paschal lambs were brought to them to be killed, they should so order the matter, that they might be distributed to the several families, whether of the Levites or other tribes.