1 Chronicles 23:26

26 the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”

1 Chronicles 23:26 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
English Standard Version (ESV)
26 And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service."
New Living Translation (NLT)
26 Now the Levites will no longer need to carry the Tabernacle and its furnishings from place to place.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
26 the Levites no longer have to carry the Tabernacle and all the furniture required for the work of worship."
American Standard Version (ASV)
26 and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
26 The Levites will no longer have to carry the tent and all the utensils used in worship."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
26 Also, the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the equipment for its service"-
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
26 So the Levites don't need to carry the holy tent anymore. They don't need to carry any of its articles anymore. Those were the articles that were used to serve there."

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 descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families as they were registered under their names and counted individually, that is, the workers twenty years old or more who served in the temple of the LORD.
25 For David had said, “Since the LORD, the God of Israel, has granted rest to his people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever,
26 the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.”
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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Numbers 4:5,15; Numbers 7:9; Deuteronomy 10:8
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