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2 Chronicles 30:16

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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.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 35:15Rank 1 from verse 16
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    15And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

  2. Deuteronomy 33:1Rank 2 from verse 16
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    1AND this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

  3. 2 Chronicles 35:10–11Rank 3 from verse 16
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    10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

    11And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

  4. 2 Kings 11:14Rank 4 from verse 16
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    14And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

  5. Hebrews 11:28Rank 5 from verse 16
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    28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

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2 Chronicles 30:16

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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law

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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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sprinkled

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of sprinkle, meaning to scatter or disperse a liquid or fine substance in small drops or particles. Sense 2: To apply it upon a person or thing by such scattering.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

blood

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Sense 1: The bodily fluid associated with physical life. Sense 2: Life taken, bloodshed, or guilt and responsibility for it. Sense 3: Kindred, shared human descent, or natural human nature. Sense 4: The juice of grapes.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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received

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Past-tense or past-participial form of receive (to take, accept, admit, welcome, or obtain).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.

16And 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.

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17For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.

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