1 Chronicles 9:20-30

20 Finees autem filius Eleazar erat dux eorum coram Domino

21 porro Zaccharias filius Mosollamia ianitor portae tabernaculi testimonii

22 omnes hii electi in ostiarios per portas ducenti duodecim et descripti in villis propriis quos constituerunt David et Samuhel videns in fide sua

23 tam ipsos quam filios eorum in ostiis domus Domini et in tabernaculo vicibus suis

24 per quattuor ventos erant ostiarii id est ad orientem et ad occidentem ad aquilonem et ad austrum

25 fratres autem eorum in viculis morabantur et veniebant in sabbatis suis de tempore usque ad tempus

26 his quattuor Levitis creditus erat omnis numerus ianitorum et erant super exedras et thesauros domus Domini

27 per gyrum quoque templi Domini morabantur in custodiis suis ut cum tempus fuisset ipsi mane aperirent fores

28 de horum grege erant et super vasa ministerii ad numerum enim et inferebantur vasa et efferebantur

29 de ipsis et qui credita habebant utensilia sanctuarii praeerant similae et vino et oleo et turi et aromatibus

30 filii autem sacerdotum unguenta ex aromatibus conficiebant

1 Chronicles 9:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9

The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2-9, of the priests, 1Ch 9:10-13 of the Levites, and of the charge and offices of several of the priests and Levites, 1Ch 9:14-34, and the chapter is concluded with a repetition of the genealogy of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel, 1Ch 9:35-44.