1 Chronicles 9:31

31 A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.[a]

1 Chronicles 9:31 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:31

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of
Shallum the Korahite
Of whom see ( 1 Chronicles 9:19 ) ,

had the set office over the things that were made in the pans;
the meat offerings that were made in pans; and so had the care of the fine flour, oil, and frankincense used in them, which he delivered to the priests when necessary, see ( Leviticus 2:5 ) , the Septuagint version is,

``over the works of the sacrifice of the pan of the high priest;''

as if it respected peculiarly his meat offering, ( Leviticus 6:20 Leviticus 6:21 ) , we read in the Misnah F25 of the offerings of the high priest, as expressed by this word, which it signifies, and not pans, but what was fried in them {z}; and Ben Melech on the place says, this man was an high priest who offered every day the tenth part of an ephah in a pan, half of it in the morning, and half of it in the evening, according to ( Leviticus 6:20 ) , but that cannot be, for certain it is he was a Levite, as the text expresses it.


FOOTNOTES:

F25 Menachot, c. 11. sect. 3. & Tamid, c. 1. sect. 3.
F26 Vid. Sheringham. in Misn. Yoma, c. 2. sect. 3. p. 16.

1 Chronicles 9:31 In-Context

29 Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.
30 But some of the priests' sons mixed the spices.
31 A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
32 Some of the Kohathites' relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the bread [of the Presence] every Sabbath.
33 The singers, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the [temple] chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit with things prepared in pans
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