And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people , and after the division of the families of the Levites.
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Gill's Exposition
And stand in the holy place,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were:
according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people; of the other tribes, who were…
Barnes' Notes
The sense of this verse probably is: “So divide yourselves that, for every distinct family among the people who come to the Passover, there shall be a portion of a Levitical family to minister.”
The destruction which Josiah made of idols and idolatry was more largely related in the Kings, but just mentioned here in the foregoing chapter (v. 33); but his solemnizing the passover, which was…
Cambridge Bible
of the families of the fathers R.V. of the fathers" houses.
the people R.V. the children of the people, i.e. the laity. The same phrase is translated in 2Ki 23:6 "the common people" (without any…