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Josiah Restores the Passover

2 Chronicles 35:2

In 11 translations

BSB
He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
KJV
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
WEB
He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of Yahweh’s house.
ASV
And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
LSV
and he stations the priests over their charges, and strengthens them for the service of the house of YHWH,
YLT
and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah,
DBY
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.
DRC
And he set the priests in their offices, and exhorted them to minister in the house of the Lord.
GNV
And he appointed the Priestes to their charges, and incouraged them to the seruice of the house of the Lord,
JPS
And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD.
LXXE
And he appointed the priests at their charges, and encouraged them for the services of the house of the Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּעֲמֵ֥ד הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים עַל־מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֑ם וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֔ם לַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔστησε τοὺς ἱερεῖς ἐπὶ τὰς φυλακὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ κατίσχυσεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰ ἔργα οἴκου Κυρίου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing…
  • 1 Chronicles 22:19Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that…
  • 2 Chronicles 23:8So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of…
  • 2 Chronicles 23:18Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law…
  • Numbers 18:5–7And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again. Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you,…
  • 2 Chronicles 29:5–11“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity. For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in…
  • 1 Chronicles 24:1–31These were the divisions of the descendants of Aaron. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as…
  • Ezra 6:18They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

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