1 Chronicles 23:24-32

Duties Revised

24 ¹These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' households, even the heads of the fathers' households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, ²from twenty years old and upward.

25 For David said, "The LORD God of Israel ³has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever *.

26 "Also, ⁴the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service."

27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward.

28 For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God,

29 ⁵and with the showbread *, and ⁶the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or ⁷what is baked in the pan or ⁸what is well-mixed, and ⁹all measures of volume and size.

30 They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the LORD, and likewise at evening,

31 and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD, ¹⁰on the sabbaths, the new moons and ¹¹the fixed festivals in the number set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD.

32 Thus ¹²they are to keep charge of the tent of meeting, and charge of the holy place, and ¹³charge of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of the LORD.

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1 Chronicles 23:24-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 23

In this chapter David makes Solomon king, 1Ch 23:1, calls together the princes, priests, and Levites, numbers the latter, and assigns them their proper work, 1Ch 23:2-5, divides them into three classes, 1Ch 23:6-23, when the number of them was taken from twenty years of age, and upwards; the reasons of which are given, partly from the rest the land enjoyed, and partly from the several branches of their work and office in the temple, 1Ch 23:24-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. Numbers 10:17, 21
2. 1 Chronicles 23:3
3. 1 Chronicles 22:18
4. Numbers 4:5, 15; Numbers 7:9; Deuteronomy 10:8
5. Leviticus 24:5-9
6. Leviticus 6:20
7. 1 Chronicles 9:31
8. Leviticus 6:21
9. Leviticus 19:35, 36
10. Isaiah 1:13, 14
11. Leviticus 23:2-4
12. Numbers 1:53; 1 Chronicles 9:27
13. Num 3:6-9, 38

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "mustered"
[b]. Lit "heads"
[c]. Lit "at the hand of"
[d]. Lit "brothers"