1 Chronicles 9:29

29 And they that had the vessels of the saintuary betaken to their keeping, were sovereigns of [the tried] flour, and [the] wine, and oil, and incense, and sweet smelling spiceries. (And they who had the vessels of the sanctuary under their charge, or their care, were also responsible for the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the incense, and the sweet smelling spices.)

1 Chronicles 9:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:29

Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and
all the instruments of the sanctuary
They were committed to their care; they delivered them out on occasion, and their business was to see that they were returned when they had done their use and service:

and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense,
and the spices;
which were used in meat offerings, drink offerings see ( 1 Chronicles 26:20 ) under the second temple, Ahiah was over the libations or drink offerings ^F24.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Ibid. (Misn. Shekalim, c. 5. sect. 1.)

1 Chronicles 9:29 In-Context

27 Also they dwelled in their keepings by the compass of the temple of the Lord, that when time were, they should open the gates early. (And they lived in their residences about the Temple of the Lord, so that at the proper time, they could open the gates every morning.)

28 Men of their kin were also on the vessels of [the] service; for the vessels were borne in at the number, and were borne out of them. (Men of their kin were also in charge of the vessels used in the service; for the vessels were borne in and borne out by them, by number.)

29 And they that had the vessels of the saintuary betaken to their keeping, were sovereigns of [the tried] flour, and [the] wine, and oil, and incense, and sweet smelling spiceries. (And they who had the vessels of the sanctuary under their charge, or their care, were also responsible for the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the incense, and the sweet smelling spices.)

30 And (some of) the sons of [the] priests made ointments of (the) sweet smelling spiceries.

31 And Mattithiah, deacon (the Levite), the first begotten son of Shallum of the kindred of Korah, was the sovereign of all things that were fried in the frying pan.