1 Chronicles 9:32

32 Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had ¹charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.

1 Chronicles 9:32 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:32

And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites,
were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath
Twelve loaves of which were set every week before the ark upon the shewbread table, and the old ones taken away: now the work of these Levites was to make this shewbread, and get it ready every week to be set upon the table, and which was done not by them, but by priests; under the second temple, the family of Garmu was set over this work ^F1.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Misn. Shekalim, ut supra. (c. 5. sect. 1.)

1 Chronicles 9:32 In-Context

30 Others, of the sons of the priests, prepared the mixing of the spices,

31 and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with making the flat cakes.

32 Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.

33 Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

34 These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders. These lived in Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. See Leviticus 24:5-8