2 Crônicas 23:2

2 Eles percorreram todo o Judá e reuniram de todas as cidades os levitas e os chefes das famílias israelitas. Quando chegaram a Jerusalém,

2 Crônicas 23:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:9

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons,
&c.] To be their ministers and servants:

they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel:
even all of them entirely, none excepted; the whole tribe which were not in the priestly office; those were separated from the rest of the tribes of Israel, and appointed for the service of the priests: or they were "given, given" ^F17; which is repeated not only to show that they were wholly given, as we render it, but to denote the certainty of it, that they were really given; and especially to declare the freeness of the gift; the priests had them as free gifts, nor did they pay them any thing for, their service; they were maintained another way, namely, by the tithes of the people; and indeed the priests received a tithe out of the tithe of the Levites; so far were they from contributing any thing to their support, or in consideration of the service they did them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Mynwtn Mynwtn) "dati, dati", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius.

2 Crônicas 23:2 In-Context

1 No sétimo ano Joiada encorajou-se e fez um acordo com os líderes dos batalhões de cem: Azarias, filho de Jeroão; Ismael, filho de Joanã; Azarias, filho de Obede; Maaseias, filho de Adaías; e Elisafate, filho de Zicri.

2 Eles percorreram todo o Judá e reuniram de todas as cidades os levitas e os chefes das famílias israelitas. Quando chegaram a Jerusalém,

3 toda a assembleia fez um acordo com o rei no templo de Deus.Joiada lhes disse: “Reinará o filho do rei, conforme o SENHOR prometeu acerca dos descendentes de Davi.

4 Vocês vão fazer o seguinte: Um terço de vocês, sacerdotes e levitas que entrarão de serviço no sábado, deverá ficar vigiando nas portas do templo,

5 um terço no palácio real e um terço na porta do Alicerce; e todo o povo estará nos pátios do templo do SENHOR.