1 Chronicles 9:32

32 Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites ¹were over 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 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.

31 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans.

32 Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites were over the showbread to prepare it every sabbath.

33 Now these are the singers, heads of fathers' households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service; for they were engaged in their work day and night.

34 These were heads of fathers' households of the Levites according to their generations, chief men, who lived in Jerusalem.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 24:5-8