They stood at their stations following their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- KJV And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
- BSB They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
- NKJV They stood in their place according to their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood received from the hand of the Levites.
- NLT Then they took their places at the Temple as prescribed in the Law of Moses, the man of God. The Levites brought the sacrificial blood to the priests, who then sprinkled it on the altar.
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Quick answer
The priests and Levites took their assigned places according to the law of Moses, with the priests sprinkling the blood. It matters because worship followed God's prescribed order.
Overview
Each minister served in his appointed place, and the blood was handled as the law of Moses required. This careful obedience reflects reverence for God's revealed pattern of worship. The sprinkled blood, essential to atonement, anticipates the once-for-all sprinkling of Christ's blood that cleanses His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Deut 33:1This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
- 2 Chr 35:15The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
- Lev 1:5He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- 2 Kgs 11:14and she looked, and behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the tradition was, with the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, “Treason! Treason!”
- 2 Chr 35:10–11So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king’s commandment.
- Heb 11:28By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
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