Study it in the app“For many in the assembly were those who had not sanctified themselves; so the Levites were in charge of the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to YHWH.”
Forכִּיmanyרַבַּתin the assemblyבַּקָּהָלwere those whoאֲשֶׁרhad notלֹאsanctified themselves;הִתְקַדָּשׁוּso the Levitesוְהַלְוִיִּםwere in charge ofעַלthe slaughterשְׁחִיטַתof the Passover lambsהַפְּסָחִיםfor everyoneלְכֹלwho was notלֹאclean,טָהוֹרto sanctify themלְהַקְדִּישׁto YHWH.לַיהוָה
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabat” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appearssanctify oneself
To prepare to come before God.
Where else “hitkadashu” appearsLevite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appearsslaughter
Slaughter: the act of slaughtering the sacrificial animal. It occurs only once.
Where else “shechitat” appearsPassover
Passover (pesach): the festival that recalls the night when God "passed over" the houses of Israel and brought them out of Egypt; also the animal sacrificed that night.
Where else “pesachim” appearsclean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tahor” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears16They stood at their post according to their rule, according to the law of Moses the man of Elohim; the priests were splashing the blood received from the hand of the Levites.
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18For the majority of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover not as it is written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, “May YHWH, the good one, make expiation for
