1 Chronicles 6:48
in 1 Chronicles 6Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseTheir 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.
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
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
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם | vaacheihem | and relatives their | H251 → | 630 times |
| הַלְוִיִּ֑ם | halviyim | the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| נְתוּנִ֕ים | netunim | [were] assigned | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְכָ֨ל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עֲבוֹדַ֔ת | avodat | [the] service of | H5656 → | 145 times |
| מִשְׁכַּ֖ן | mishkan | [the] tabernacle of | H4908 → | 139 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖םand relatives their
vaacheihemH251 →630 times
הַלְוִיִּ֑םthe Levites
halviyimH3881 →291 times
נְתוּנִ֕ים[were] assigned
netunimH5414 →2011 times
לְכָ֨ל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
עֲבוֹדַ֔ת[the] service of
avodatH5656 →145 times
מִשְׁכַּ֖ן[the] tabernacle of
mishkanH4908 →139 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 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.
Through
1 Chronicles 23:2Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.
it 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.
- 1 Chronicles 28:1
About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on 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.
