1 Chronicles 23:29

29 They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.

1 Chronicles 23:29 in Other Translations

29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

29 Their duty was also to assist with the showbread, the flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.

29 They were in charge of the sacred bread that was set out on the table, the choice flour for the grain offerings, the wafers made without yeast, the cakes cooked in olive oil, and the other mixed breads. They were also responsible to check all the weights and measures.

29 and provide bread for the table and flour for the Meal Offerings and the unraised wafers - all baking and mixing, all measuring and weighing.

29 as well as the rows [of the bread of the Presence], the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of volume and length.

1 Chronicles 23:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:29

Both for the shewbread
Also to make and get that ready every week for the priests to set on the shewbread table, when they took off the other that had stood a week, see ( 1 Chronicles 9:32 )

and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes,
and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried;
to deliver out the flour of which these several things were made, see ( 1 Chronicles 9:31 ) , and ( Leviticus 2:1 ) ,

and for all manner of measures and size; as the hin and the ephah,
and the several parts of them for things both liquid and dry, which were in their keeping, and according to which they gave out the proper quantity of oil, and wine, and fine flour, upon occasion.

1 Chronicles 23:29 In-Context

27 According to the last instructions of David, the Levites were counted from those twenty years old or more.

28 The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the temple of the LORD: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God.

29 They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.

30 They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD. They were to do the same in the evening

31 and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the LORD regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 25:30
• 2. Leviticus 2:4-7; Leviticus 6:20-23
• 3. Leviticus 19:35-36; S 1 Chronicles 9:29,32