What Does 2 Chronicles 29:35 Mean?
And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the wholeness offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the serving of the house of the LORD was set firm.
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King James wording
King James Version
And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.THE KEY
The service is set firm as rising offerings, offerings of wholeness, and drink offerings come together as one complete act.
THE MEANING
Your service becomes firm when what rises, what signifies wholeness, and what is poured out come together as a complete act. Order is the stable shape of that gathered offering.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that a neatly arranged service can stand on its own: here, order follows offerings brought together in abundance.
THE ROOT
וַתִּכּוֹן
vatikkon
GROWS FROM
כון
Be firm, established, or prepared.
“set firm” in this verse is vatikkon. The word translated “set in order” carries the sense of becoming firm or established. The verse describes the service taking a stable shape as its offerings come together.
ALSO GROWS
nakhon: Established, firm, ready.
נָכוֹן
It shares the sense of a service made ready and stable.
hekin: Prepare, establish.
הֵכִין
It shows that becoming established and being prepared belong to the same root family.
makon: A fixed place or dwelling.
מָכוֹן
It extends the root’s sense of firmness into the place made stable.
שְׁלָמִים
shelamim
GROWS FROM
שלם
Be whole or complete; bring to completeness.
“wholeness offerings” in this verse is shelamim. The name translated “peace offerings” shares its root with words for wholeness and completeness. Set beside burnt offerings and drink offerings, these gifts make the service a whole act, with distinct parts held together.
ALSO GROWS
shalom: Wholeness, well-being.
שָׁלוֹם
It makes the offering’s connection to wholeness audible in the familiar word shalom.
shalem: Whole, complete.
שָׁלֵם
It echoes the completeness carried by the offerings’ name.
shillem: Repay, make good.
שִׁלֵּם
It shows the root’s sense of making something complete through restoration.
THE PATTERN
Sacred service stands firm when its distinct parts are completed and brought into fitting order.
And he raised up the enclosure all around the dwelling and the altar, and set the screen at the gate of the enclosure. So Moses finished the work.Let all things become well shaped, and in rank.THE THREAD
Let the sweetness of the LORD our God be upon us, and set firm upon us the work of our hands; the work of our hands, set it firm.“Set in order” and “establish” carry the same Hebrew root, כון (kun), meaning to be firm or established. The service of the house becomes firm in this verse; the psalm gives the same root to the prayer that the work of our hands be established.
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