1 Chronicles 23:26

26 And also, the Levites do not [need] to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

1 Chronicles 23:26 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 23:26

And also unto the Levites
Or with respect to them:

they shall no more carry the tabernacle:
on their shoulders, from place to place, as they had done:

nor any vessels of it for the service thereof;
and so the service of it did not require men at their full strength, but such as were but twenty years of age might be employed in it.

1 Chronicles 23:26 In-Context

24 These [were] the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, the heads of the {families}, according to their enrollment, by the number of the names, according to their head count, [who were to] do the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years old and above.

25 For David said, "Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

26 And also, the Levites do not [need] to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service."

27 For by the last words of David, they [are] the number of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and above.

28 For their station [was] {to assist} the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courtyards, over the chambers, and over the cleansing of all the sanctified objects, and [with] the work of the service of the house of God,