Benson Commentary — Benson Commentary — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
2 Chronicles 35:11 . And the Levites flayed them — Which they did, (though properly that work belonged to the priests,) because the priests, who were sanctified, were not sufficient for it, there being so many thousands of the cattle; and they were fully employed in the killing o...
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2 Chronicles 35:11 . And the Levites flayed them — Which they did, (though properly that work belonged to the priests,) because the priests, who were sanctified, were not sufficient for it, there being so many thousands of the cattle; and they were fully employed in the killing of the sacrifices, and the sprinkling of the blood, which was more properly the priests’ work than the other.
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges — Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
11 . sprinkled ] Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:22 , note. from their hands ] R.V. which they received of their hand ; cp. 2 Chronicles 30:16 . the Levites flayed ] Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:34 .
Matthew Poole's Commentary — Matthew Poole's Commentary — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
Which they did, though properly it belonged to the priests, because the priests, who were sanctified, were not sufficient for that work, there being so many thousands of the cattle; and they were fully employed in the killing of the sacrifices and the sprinkling of the blood, whi...
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Which they did, though properly it belonged to the priests, because the priests, who were sanctified, were not sufficient for that work, there being so many thousands of the cattle; and they were fully employed in the killing of the sacrifices and the sprinkling of the blood, which was more properly the priests’ work than the other.
Pulpit Commentary — Pulpit Commentary — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
Verse 11. - Comp. 2 Chronicles 29:34 ; 2 Chronicles 30:16 ; Leviticus 1, 3, 4 , passim. 2 Chronicles 35:11
Barnes' Notes on the Bible — Barnes' Notes on the Bible — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
His princes - i. e. his ecclesiastical princes, the chief men of the priests and Levites. For the poor families of their own order the leading priests furnished both Passover-cattle and cattle for thank-offerings. The chief Levites acted similarly toward the poor Levitical famili...
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His princes - i. e. his ecclesiastical princes, the chief men of the priests and Levites. For the poor families of their own order the leading priests furnished both Passover-cattle and cattle for thank-offerings. The chief Levites acted similarly toward the poor Levitical families.
Geneva Study Bible — Geneva Study Bible — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
And they killed the passover, and the priests {f} sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. (f) Meaning, of the lamb, which was called the passover, for only the priests could sprinkle, and in necessity the Levites could kill the sacrifice.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers — Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
(11) The passover. —The paschal victims. From their hands.—Heb., hand. The hand of the Levites, who caught the blood when they slaughtered the victims, and gave it to the priests. Flayed.—Were flaying.—The exception of 2Chronicles 30:17 has become the rule here.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
10, 11. So the service was prepared, &c.—All the necessary preparations having been completed, and the appointed time having arrived for the passover, the solemnity was celebrated. One remarkable feature in the account is the prominent part that was taken by the Levites in the pr...
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10, 11. So the service was prepared, &c.—All the necessary preparations having been completed, and the appointed time having arrived for the passover, the solemnity was celebrated. One remarkable feature in the account is the prominent part that was taken by the Levites in the preparation of the sacrifices; namely, the killing and stripping of the skins, which were properly the peculiar duties of the priests; but as those functionaries were not able to overtake the extraordinary amount of work and the Levites had been duly sanctified for the service, they were enlisted for the time in this priestly employment. At the passover in Hezekiah's time, the Levites officiated in the same departments of duty, the reason assigned for that deviation from the established rule being the unprepared state of many of the people (2Ch 30:17). But on this occasion the whole people had been duly sanctified, and therefore the exceptional enlistment of the Levites' services must have been rendered unavoidably necessary from the multitudes engaged in celebrating the passover.
Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament — Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament — 2 Chronicles (BibleHub)
And they (the Levites, cf. 2 Chronicles 35:6 ) slew the passover (the lambs and young goats presented for the passover meal), and the priests sprinkled (the blood of the paschal lambs) from their hand (i.e., which the Levites gave them), while the Levites flayed them; as also und...
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And they (the Levites, cf. 2 Chronicles 35:6 ) slew the passover (the lambs and young goats presented for the passover meal), and the priests sprinkled (the blood of the paschal lambs) from their hand (i.e., which the Levites gave them), while the Levites flayed them; as also under Hezekiah, 2 Chronicles 30:17 .