¹⁶ Then they took up their regular positions^(A) as prescribed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them by the Levites.

¹⁵ The musicians,^(A) the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.

Moses Blesses the Tribes^(A)

33 This is the blessing^(B) that Moses the man of God^(C) pronounced on the Israelites before his death.

²⁸ By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer^(A) of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.^(B)

¹⁰ The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions^(A) as the king had ordered.^{(B) 11} The Passover lambs were slaughtered,^(C) and the priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals.

¹⁴ She looked and there was the king, standing by the pillar,^(A) as the custom was. The officers and the trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets.^(B) Then Athaliah tore^(C) her robes and called out, “Treason! Treason!”^(D)

⁵ You are to slaughter^(A) the young bull^(B) before the Lord, and then Aaron’s sons^(C) the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar^(D) at the entrance to the tent of meeting.