1 Chronicles 16:40

40 to offer burnt offerings to the Lord ¹on the altar of burnt offering ²regularly morning and evening, to do all that is written in the Law of the Lord that he commanded Israel.

1 Chronicles 16:40 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 16:40

To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord
Which was the work of the priests only to do:

upon the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening;
the lambs of the daily sacrifice, which were a burnt offering, and only to be offered on the brasen altar at the tabernacle:

and to do according to all that is written in the law of the Lord,
which he commanded Israel;
with regard to them, and all other sacrifices, see ( Exodus 29:38-42 ) .

1 Chronicles 16:40 In-Context

38 and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

39 And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon

40 to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering regularly morning and evening, to do all that is written in the Law of the Lord that he commanded Israel.

41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever.

42 Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

Cross References

• 1. 16:40 Ex. 27:1
• 2. 16:40 See Ex. 29:38-41; Num. 28:3-8