1 Chronicles 9:28

28 Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

1 Chronicles 9:28 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:28

And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,
that they should bring them in and out by tale.
] Which the priests used in sacrificing, and which the Levites brought to them, and returned again to their proper places.

1 Chronicles 9:28 In-Context

26 for the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

27 They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.

28 Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

29 Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.

30 Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "were over the"
• [b] Lit "by count they brought them in and by count they took them out"