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1 Chronicles 6:32

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They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.

KJV

And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacles of the congregation with singing,.... Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; this service they performed before the ark, which was in a tent or tabernacle David pitched for it; and which the Targum here calls the tabernacle of time, or a temporary tabernacle: until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem; the temple there: and then they waited on their office according to their order; performed it in the manner prescribed by David, see 1Ch 25:1.

This site's exposition

the service of song

on 1 Chronicles 6:31-48

David set the singers apart only after the ark had rest, and their genealogies are traced with unusual care: Heman from Kohath's line back to Samuel and Korah, Asaph from Gershom's line standing at his right hand, and Ethan from Merari's line standing at his left. These three names stand behind dozens of Psalm titles, and Edersheim's Temple work traces the office to the Levitical standing recorded here rather than to any priestly rank. The Levites without a gift for song were not set aside; they were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle, the roles Aaron's sons alone could not fill.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It is a pity that the preferment of the Levites should ever make them remiss in their business. We have here an account of the three great masters who were employed in the service of the sacred song, with their respective families; for they waited with their children, that is, such as descended from them or were allied to them,

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This was a considerable time before the temple was built. they waited on their office according to their order--which David, doubtless by the direction of the Holy Spirit, had instituted for the better regulation of divine worship.

A commentator

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.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

According to their order - This order is specified below.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיִּהְי֨וּand they were

    vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • מְשָׁרְתִ֜יםserving

    mesharetimH8334 →97 times

  • לִפְנֵ֨י<to> before

    lifneiH6440 →2123 times

  • מִשְׁכַּ֤ן[the] tabernacle of

    mishkanH4908 →139 times

  • אֹֽהֶל־[the] tent of

    ʾohel-H168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵד֙meeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • בַּשִּׁ֔ירwith <the> song

    bashirH7892 →59 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • בְּנ֧וֹתbuilt

    benotH1129 →376 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֛הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וַיַּעַמְד֥וּand they stood

    vaiyaamduH5975 →521 times

  • כְמִשְׁפָּטָ֖םaccording to custom their

    khemishpatamH4941 →422 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • עֲבוֹדָתָֽם׃service their

    avodatamH5656 →145 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Psalms 135:1–3Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,3 works1 Chronicles 25:7–31Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.2 worksNehemiah 12:27–28At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.2 worksPsalms 68:24–25They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.2 works1 Kings 8:6–13Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.2 works1 Chronicles 9:33Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 29:25–30Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets.2 works1 Chronicles 16:4–6David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.2 worksEzra 3:10–11When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.2 worksNehemiah 11:17–23Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.2 worksPsalms 134:1–2Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!2 works1 Chronicles 6:10Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,2 worksEzra 6:18They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.2 works2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.2 works1 Chronicles 16:37–42So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,2 works2 Chronicles 35:15The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.2 worksNehemiah 12:45–47They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.2 worksNumbers 3:10So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”1 works

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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