Bible Cross References
the Levites
2 Chronicles 29:34
Since there were not enough priests to kill all these animals, the Levites helped them until the work was finished. By then more priests had made themselves ritually clean. (The Levites were more faithful in keeping ritually clean than the priests were.)
2 Chronicles 35:3-6
3
He also gave these instructions to the Levites, the teachers of Israel, who were dedicated to the LORD: "Put the sacred Covenant Box in the Temple that King Solomon, the son of David, built. You are no longer to carry it from place to place, but you are to serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.
4
Take your places in the Temple by clans, according to the responsibilities assigned to you by King David and his son King Solomon,
5
and arrange yourselves so that some of you will be available to help each family of the people of Israel.
6
You are to kill the Passover lambs and goats. Now make yourselves ritually clean and prepare the sacrifices in order that your fellow Israelites may follow the instructions which the LORD gave through Moses."
the killing
Exodus 12:6
Then, on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, the whole community of Israel will kill the animals.