2 Chronicles 31:17
in 2 Chronicles 31and to the priests enrolled according to their families in the genealogy, as well as to the Levites twenty years of age or older, according to their duties and divisions.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses;
KJV
Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses;
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 31
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBoth to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers,.... As to the priests registered according to their families from the age before observed, a portion was given: so to the Levites: from twenty years old and upward, in their charges, by their courses; for though originally they were not admitted into the tabernacle till twenty five years of age, nor to officiate till thirty, but in David's time they were allowed at twenty years of age and upwards, 1Ch 23:24.
This site's exposition
over the freewill offerings of God
on 2 Chronicles 31:14-19
Kore, a gatekeeper at the temple's east gate, is set over the freewill offerings and the most holy things, and under him six further Levites distribute the priests' share in the Levitical cities, sorted by the genealogical rolls the book has already spent nine chapters compiling. The distribution reaches priests from twenty years old, and further still to every male from three years old and to every wife, son and daughter of a priestly household, in the towns and in the outlying fields alike. Chronicles counts the youngest child of a consecrated family as owed a portion, because a household that keeps itself in holiness is provided for as a household.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Both to the genealogy of the priests ... - Some prefer: “And as for the list of the priests, it was according to the houses of their fathers, and that of the Levites was from twenty years,” etc. The writer states the nature of the lists which guided the officers who made the distributions. Three lists are enumerated one of the priests made out according to families; one of the Levites, including all above 20 years of age (see the marginal reference), and made out according to courses; and a third 2Ch 31:18 of the priestly and Levitical families.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on 2 Chronicles 31:11-18
Private individuals brought their own first-fruits to the temple; but the tithes were levied by the Levites, who kept a faithful account of them in their several places of abode and transmitted the allotted proportion to the priests.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And the priests who traced their genealogy to the house of their fathers, and the Levites with the genealogy of their infants, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. They would supply their sustenance from the heave-offerings and the tithes for that entire congregation.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Besides [what was allocated to] male family members, from three years old and up.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֨ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הִתְיַחֵ֤שׂ | hityaches | [the] genealogical enrolment of | H3188 → | |
| הַכֹּהֲנִים֙ | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לְבֵ֣ית | leveit | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾavoteihem | ancestors their | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| מִבֶּ֛ן | miben | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֥ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּלְמָ֑עְלָה | ulemaelah | and <to> upwards <towards> | H4605 → | 140 times |
| בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם | bemishmeroteihem | by duties their | H4931 → | 78 times |
| בְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ | bemachlekoteihem | by divisions their | H4256 → | 42 times |
וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הִתְיַחֵ֤שׂ[the] genealogical enrolment of
hityachesH3188 →
הַכֹּהֲנִים֙the priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of
leveitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶ֔םancestors their
ʾavoteihemH1 →1212 times
וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔םand the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →291 times
מִבֶּ֛ןfrom a son of
mibenH1121 →4930 times
עֶשְׂרִ֥יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
וּלְמָ֑עְלָהand <to> upwards <towards>
ulemaelahH4605 →140 times
בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתֵיהֶ֖םby duties their
bemishmeroteihemH4931 →78 times
בְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃by divisions their
bemachlekoteihemH4256 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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 23:24These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:3
The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 10:17
Then the tabernacle was taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting it.
- Numbers 10:21
Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
- Numbers 4:3
men from thirty to fifty years old—everyone who is qualified to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
- Ezra 3:8
In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including…
- 1 Chronicles 23:3
Through
Numbers 3:15“Number the Levites by their families and clans. You are to count every male a month old or more.”
it leads to
- Numbers 26:62
The registration of the Levites totaled 23,000, every male a month old or more; they were not numbered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.
- 2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
- Numbers 26:62
Through
1 Chronicles 23:27For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 23:24
These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 23:24
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.