1 Chronicles 6:48 BSB

1 Chronicles 6:48

Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

KJV

Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Their brethren also the Levites,.... Who were not skilled in singing, and employed in that service, even the rest of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites: were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God; some were porters at the gates; others had the care of the vessels; others slew the beasts for sacrifices, flayed them, and cut them up, and brought the pieces to the altar of burnt offerings, for the priests to offer.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As every one has received the gift, so let him minister. Those that could not sing must not therefore be laid aside as good for nothing; though they were not fit for that service, there was other service they might be useful in. There was sacrificing-work, and that was to be done by the priests only,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Gershom, &c.--This repetition (see 1Ch 6:1) is made, as the historian here begins to trace the genealogy of the Levitical families who were not priests. The list is a long one, comprising the chiefs or heads of their several families until David's reign, who made a new and different classification of them by courses.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם	va.'a.chei.Hem	and relatives their	H251 →
הַלְוִיִּ֑ם	hal.vi.Yim	the Levites	H3881 →
נְתוּנִ֕ים	ne.tu.Nim	[were] assigned	H5414 →
לְכָ֨ל־	le.khol	to all	H3605 →
עֲבוֹדַ֔ת	a.vo.Dat	[the] service of	H5656 →
מִשְׁכַּ֖ן	mish.Kan	[the] tabernacle of	H4908 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →

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The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 23:2
Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 28:1
  Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials…
- Joshua 23:2
  he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
- 2 Chronicles 34:29–30
  Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
- 1 Chronicles 13:1
  Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
- Joshua 24:1
  Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Chronicles