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2 Chronicles 23:18

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 23:18 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Jehoiada set the musterings of the house of Yahweh by the hand of the priests, the Levites whom David assigned over the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as is written in the law of Moses, with joy and with song, by the hands of David.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Jehovah, to offer the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And Iehoiada appointed officers for the house of the Lord, vnder the handes of the Priestes and Leuites, whome Dauid had distributed for the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offrings vnto the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with reioycing and singing by the appoyntment of Dauid.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests, and the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord: to offer holocausts to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing, according to the disposition of David.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    And Jehoiada putteth the offices of the house of Jehovah into the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had apportioned over the house of Jehovah, to cause to ascend the burnt-offerings of Jehovah, as written in the law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Jehoiada puts the offices of the house of YHWH into the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had apportioned over the house of YHWH, to cause the burnt-offerings of YHWH to ascend, as written in the Law of Moses, with joy, and with singing, by the hands of David;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Jehoiada appointed officers for the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests, who were Levites, whom David had assigned to the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings to Yahweh, as it was written in the law of Moses, together with rejoicing and singing, as David had given direction.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And Jehoiada set the musterings of the house of Yahweh by the hand of the priests, the Levites whom David assigned over the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as is written in the law of Moses, with joy and with song, by the hands of David.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of Jehovah under the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had set by classes over the house of Jehovah to offer up Jehovah's burnt-offerings, as it is written in the law of Moses, -- with rejoicing and with singing according to the directions of David.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Jehoiada appointed the officers of the LORD’s house under the hand of the Levitical priests, whom David had distributed in the LORD’s house, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Torah of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as David had ordered.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Jehoiada placed the responsibility for the Lord's Temple in the hands of the Levitical priests. They were the ones whom David had appointed over the Lord's Temple to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, as is required by the Law of Moses, with celebration and singing, as David instructed.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And Jehoiada put the work and the care of the house of the Lord into the hands of the priests and the Levites, who had been grouped in divisions by David to make burned offerings to the Lord, as it is recorded in the law of Moses, with joy and song as David had said.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the direction of David.

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פְּקֻדֹּ֜ת
pᵉquddâh
H6486
“visitations of”
Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Feminine
Number
Plural
State
Construct
Full BDB Definition

Origin: pass part of H6485

TWOT: 1802a

oversight, care, custody, mustering, visitation, store - visitation, punishment - oversight, charge, office, overseer, class of officers - mustering - store
  1. וַיָּשֶׂם֩ sûwm H7760 “and · to put” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ H3077 “Jehoiada” Noun, Proper
  3. בֵּ֣ית bayith H1004 “house of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  4. יְהוָ֗ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  5. בְּיַ֨ד yâd H3027 “in/at · hand of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  6. הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים kôhên H3548 “the · priests” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  7. הַלְוִיִּם֮ Lêvîyîy H3881 “the · Levites” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Gentilic, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  8. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  9. חָלַ֣ק châlaq H2505 “to divide” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  10. דָּוִיד֮ Dâvid H1732 “David” Noun, Proper
  11. עַל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  12. בֵּ֣ית bayith H1004 “house of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. יְהוָה֒ Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  14. לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת ʻâlâh H5927 “to go up” Preposition + Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct
  15. עֹל֣וֹת ʻôlâh H5930 “burnt offerings of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Construct
  16. יְהוָ֗ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  17. כַּכָּת֛וּב kâthab H3789 “like/as the · written” Preposition, Determined + Verb, Qal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  18. בְּתוֹרַ֥ת tôwrâh H8451 “in/at · law of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  19. מֹשֶׁ֖ה Môsheh H4872 “Moses” Noun, Proper
  20. בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה simchâh H8057 “in/at · joy” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  21. וּבְשִׁ֑יר shîyr H7892 “and · in/at · song” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  22. עַ֖ל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  23. יְדֵ֥י yâd H3027 “hands of” Noun, Common, Both, Dual, Construct
  24. דָוִֽיד Dâvid H1732 “David” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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25
words
19
distinct lemmas
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section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

פְּקֻדֹּ֜ת visitation H6486 occurs in 31 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 4 verbs
  • 18 nouns
  • 2 prepositions
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וַיָּשֶׂם֩ Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • חָלַ֣ק Qal · Perfect
  • לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת Hiphil · Infinitive Construct
  • כַּכָּת֛וּב Qal · Participle Passive

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • יְהוָ֗ה LORD H3068 ×3
  • בֵּ֣ית house H1004 ×2
  • בְּיַ֨ד hand H3027 ×2
  • דָּוִיד֮ David H1732 ×2
  • עַל upon H5921 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 53 words from the Hebrew and 71 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 25 Hebrew tokens and 47 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 23:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Numbers 28:1–31 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
  • 2 Chronicles 5:5 and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these did the priests the Levites bring up.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:1–24 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
  • 1 Chronicles 23:28–31 For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
  • 1 Chronicles 25:1–31 Moreover, David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of those who did the work according to their service was:
  • 2 Chronicles 29:25 He set the Levites in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Yahweh by his prophets.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 23:18 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיָּשֶׂם֩ יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע פְּקֻדֹּ֜ת בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה בְּיַ֨ד הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָלַ֣ק דָּוִיד֮ עַל בֵּ֣ית יְהוָה֒ לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת עֹל֣וֹת יְהוָ֗ה כַּכָּת֛וּב בְּתוֹרַ֥ת מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה וּבְשִׁ֑יר עַ֖ל יְדֵ֥י דָוִֽיד

Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of Yahweh under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of Yahweh, to offer the burnt offerings of Yahweh, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the order of David.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 23:18 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἐνχειρέω ιωδαε ὁ ἱερεύς ὁ ἔργον οἶκος κύριος διά χείρ ἱερεύς καί λευείτης καί ἀναἵστημι ὁ ἐφημερία ὁ ἱερεύς καί ὁ λευείτης ὅς διαστέλλω δαυίδ ἐπί ὁ οἶκος κύριος καί ἀναφέρω ὁλοκαύτωμα κύριος καθώς γράφω ἐν νόμος μωυσῆ ἐν εὐφροσύνη καί ἐν ᾠδή διά χείρ δαυίδ

And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the and of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and he appointed them to offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 23:18 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 23:18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as [it is] written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, [as it was ordained] by David.

Ver. 18. Also Jehoiada appointed.] See 2Ki 11:18.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ch 23:18. Jehoiada appointed the offices, &c. — Or rather, restored, for there was no new appointment of offices or officers, but the old officers were restored to their respective offices. The Hebrew literally translated is, He put the offices of the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests, &c. For in the time of the idolatrous kings, and of Athaliah, those offices had probably been disposed of to persons of other tribes, partly to gratify their wicked friends, and partly to bring God’s house and worship into disgrace.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Jehoiada appointed; i.e. reappointed or restored. The offices; twOdqup. Num_3:32, 36 4:16 16:29; 1Ch_23:11 1Ch_24:3, 19 26:30; 2Ch_17:14 2Ch_23:18 2Ch_24:11 2Ch_26:11; see Psa_109:8; Isa_10:3. (comp. Job_10:12) The priests.

There should, no doubt, be found the conjunction "and" after this word and before "the Levites," whom David had distributed. (so 1Ch_24:1-19 1Ch_25:8-31) In the Law of Moses. (Num_18:1-7) With rejoicing singing David. (1Ch_23:5 1Ch_25:1, 1Ch_25:2, 1Ch_25:5-7; and 2Ch_29:25-30)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

23:18-19 By arranging for Joash to take the throne, Jehoiada the priest restored David’s dynasty and reinstituted Temple worship according to directions given by David.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Or, charge.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(18) Also Jehoiada appointed.—This and the next verse are a thoroughly characteristic expansion of the brief notice: “And the priest set officers over the house of the Lord” (Kings). Render, “And Jehoiada put the offices of the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests the Levites.” Syriac, “And Jehoiada made prefects (shallîtônê) in the house of the Lord, and the priests and Levites.” The LXX. renders: “And Jehoiada the priest took in hand the works of the house of the Lord, by the hand of priests and Levites.”

Whom David had distributed.—Divided into courses or classes (1Ch_23:6; 1Ch_23:24-25).

In the house.—For the house.

As it is written.—A reference to the Pentateuch. (Comp. Ezr_3:2.)

With rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.—See the margin, and comp. the Notes on 1Ch_25:2; 1Ch_25:6; 1Ch_23:5.

The meaning of all this is that the high priest now restored the regular services of the Temple, as arranged by David, which had been neglected or at least irregularly conducted during the six years of Athaliah’s usurpation.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

18. And Jehoiada appointed, etc.] This whole ver. is represented in Kings simply by the words, “And the priest appointed officers (‘offices,’ mg.) over the house of the Lord” (i.e. officers for the care of the Temple, e.g. to see to cleaning and repairing it).

by the hand] R.V. under the hand.

as it was ordained by David] R.V. according to the order of David.

Note that the Chronicler ascribes all sacrificial arrangements to the law of Moses, but all musical arrangements to David.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The priests the Levites - Rather, with the versions, “the priests and the Levites.” It was the duty of the priests alone to offer the burnt offerings Num 18:1-7, and of the Levites alone to praise God with singing and music 1Ch 23:5; 1Ch 25:1-7.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

David, which had been long neglected, 1 Paralipomenon xxiv. M.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Appointed the offices of the house of the Lord by the hand or, as it is in the Hebrew, put the offices of the house of the Lord into the hand, i.e. he restored the priests and Levites, either,

1. To their places and offices, which possibly in the time of the idolatrous kings, and of Athaliah, had been disposed of to persons of other tribes, partly to gratify their wicked friends, and partly to bring God’s house and worship into disgrace; or,

2. To the exercise of their offices, from which they had been in a great measure hindered.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Appointed - Or, as it is in the Hebrew, put the offices of the house of the Lord into the hand, that is, he restored the priests and Levites to the exercise of their office.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

under the hand of the priests

Here "hand" represents control. AT: "under the direction of the priests" (See: Metonymy)

so that no one that was unclean in any way should enter

A person who is not acceptable for God's purposes is spoken of as if they were physically unclean. AT: "so that no one that was unacceptable to God in any way should enter" (See: Metaphor)

so that no one that was unclean in any way should enter

This can be stated in positive form. AT: "to make sure that only those who are clean could enter" or "to make sure only those who are acceptable to God could enter" (See: Double Negatives)

translationWords

Yahweh

priest

Levi

David

burnt offering

law

clean

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Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

appointees - Heb. פְּקֻדּוֹת, people appointed to offer burnt offerings and all that is mentioned in this chapter. An example is (Jer. 20:1): “And Pashhur heard, etc. and he was the chief officer (פָּקִיד) in the House of the Lord.”

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 25 words (19 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is pᵉquddâh (“visitation”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “visitation” (pᵉquddâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. Numbers 3:32 shares the word «visitation» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “LORD” occurs 3× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. The verb «וַיָּשֶׂם֩» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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