2 Chronicles 30:15-17
Context30:15 They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord’s temple. 30:16 They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them. 1 30:17 Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered 2 the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord. 3
2 Chronicles 30:27
Context30:27 The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them 4 as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.
1 tn Heb “from the hand of the Levites.”
2 tn Heb “were over the slaughter of.”
3 tn Heb “of everyone not pure to consecrate to the
4 tn Heb “and it was heard with their voice.” BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Niph.4 interprets this to mean “hearing was granted to their voice.” It is possible that the name יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the