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1 Chronicles 9:32

in 1 Chronicles 9

Some of their Kohathite brothers were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

KJV

And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath,.... Twelve loaves of which were set every week before the ark upon the shewbread table, and the old ones taken away: now the work of these Levites was to make this shewbread, and get it ready every week to be set upon the table, and which was done not by them, but by priests; under the second temple, the family of Garmu was set over this work (a). (a) Misn. Shekalim, ut supra. (c. 5. sect. 1.)

This site's exposition

bring them in and out by tale

on 1 Chronicles 9:28-34

Duties divide by trust rather than rank: some Levites count the ministering vessels in and out by tale, others oversee the sanctuary's instruments, flour, wine, oil, frankincense and spices, and only the sons of the priests may make the anointing ointment itself, a restriction Ex 30:34-38 sets by name. Verse 32 adds the Kohathites' weekly charge of the showbread, prepared fresh every sabbath for the table before the ark, and verse 33 sets the singers apart from every other duty, free because they were employed in that work day and night. The gatekeepers guard entry, the priests guard the ointment, and the singers guard the hours, three trusts inside one house.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

As in other great houses, so in God's house, the work is likely to be done well when every one knows the duty of his place and makes a business of it. God is the God of order: but that which is every body's work will be nobody's work. The singers were employed in that work day and night,

The words behind it

11 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.

  • וּמִן־and some of

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • בְּנֵ֧י[the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הַקְּהָתִ֛יthe Kohathite[s]

    hakehatiH6956 →15 times

  • מִן־some of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • אֲחֵיהֶ֖םrelatives their

    ʾacheihemH251 →630 times

  • עַל־[were] over

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • לֶ֣חֶם[the] bread of

    lechemH3899 →298 times

  • הַֽמַּעֲרָ֑כֶתthe row

    hamaarakhetH4635 →10 times

  • לְהָכִ֖יןto prepare [it]

    lehakhinH3559 →217 times

  • שַׁבַּ֥תsabbath

    shabatH7676 →110 times

  • שַׁבָּֽת׃ סsabbath

    shabatH7676 →110 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Exodus 25:30

    And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 24:5–9

      You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

    • Matthew 12:4

      He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.

    • Exodus 39:36

      the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;

    • Numbers 4:7

      Over the table of the Presence they are to spread a blue cloth and place the plates and cups on it, along with the bowls and pitchers for the drink offering. The regular bread…

    • 2 Chronicles 13:11

      Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps…

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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