1 Chronicles 23:26

26 and also unto the Levites, "They shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof."

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, even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their heads, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

25 For David said, "The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever";

26 and also unto the Levites, "They shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof."

27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above,

28 because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD in the courts and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,