1 Chronicles 23:31
in 1 Chronicles 23Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and to offer all burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Jehovah;
KJV
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Though the Levites were not allowed by themselves to offer sacrifice, yet there were many respects in which they assisted the priests when sacrifice was offered. See 2Ch 29:34; 2Ch 35:11-12. The set feasts - The Passover, Feast of Pentecost, and Feast of Tabernacles (marginal reference).
This site's exposition
to assist the descendants of Aaron
on 1 Chronicles 23:28-32
Now that they carry nothing, the Levites assist the priests in “the courts and chambers”, purify the holy things and prepare the showbread. They “stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD”. This daily praise carries forward the thanksgiving of 1 Chronicles 16:34.
This site's exposition
Whenever burnt offerings were presented
Levites serve at the Sabbath, New Moon and feast offerings. Albert Barnes names the feasts as Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles, and notes that Levites helped the priests at sacrifice, as in 2 Chronicles 29:34. Matthew Henry contrasts the trumpets Moses appointed in Numbers 10 with the psalms David added.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Moses appointed that they should blow with trumpets over their burnt offerings and other sacrifices, and on their solemn days, Num. x. The sound of the trumpet was awful, and might be affecting to the worshippers, but was not articulate, nor such a reasonable service as this which David appointed, of singing psalms on those occasions.
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the L ORD , to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְכֹ֨ל | ulekhol | and to every of | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַעֲל֤וֹת | haalot | ering up of | H5927 → | 890 times |
| עֹלוֹת֙ | ʾolot | burnt offerings | H5930 → | 287 times |
| לַיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַשַּׁבָּת֔וֹת | lashabatot | for the sabbaths | H7676 → | 110 times |
| לֶחֳדָשִׁ֖ים | lechodashim | for the new moons | H2320 → | 284 times |
| וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑ים | velamoadim | and for the appointed feasts | H4150 → | 223 times |
| בְּמִסְפָּ֨ר | bemispar | by number | H4557 → | 134 times |
| כְּמִשְׁפָּ֧ט | kemishpat | according to [the] ordinance | H4941 → | 422 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| תָּמִ֖יד | tamid | continually | H8548 → | 104 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וּלְכֹ֨לand to every of
ulekholH3605 →5413 times
הַעֲל֤וֹתering up of
haalotH5927 →890 times
עֹלוֹת֙burnt offerings
ʾolotH5930 →287 times
לַיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַשַּׁבָּת֔וֹתfor the sabbaths
lashabatotH7676 →110 times
לֶחֳדָשִׁ֖יםfor the new moons
lechodashimH2320 →284 times
וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑יםand for the appointed feasts
velamoadimH4150 →223 times
בְּמִסְפָּ֨רby number
bemisparH4557 →134 times
כְּמִשְׁפָּ֧טaccording to [the] ordinance
kemishpatH4941 →422 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֛םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
תָּמִ֖ידcontinually
tamidH8548 →104 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
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Leviticus 23:24“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
- Numbers 29:1–6
“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
- Leviticus 25:9
Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
- Numbers 10:9–10
When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your…
- 1 Corinthians 15:52
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.