2 Chronicles 31:16
in 2 Chronicles 31In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
besides them that were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even every one that entered into the house of Jehovah, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their courses;
KJV
Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the Lord, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 31
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Beside their genealogy of males ... - Some translate it: “Excepting the list of males,” etc. i. e. they distributed to all the members of the priestly families, excepting to those who at the time were performing the duties of their office at Jerusalem. These persons no doubt obtained their share at the temple itself.
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 Century1 voice
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
Besides [what was allocated to] male family members, from three years old and up.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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.
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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
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִלְּבַ֞ד | milevad | <from> <to> besides | H905 → | 200 times |
| הִתְיַחְשָׂ֣ם | hityachsam | recording genealogy they | H3187 → | 18 times |
| לִזְכָרִ֗ים | lizkharim | to males | H2145 → | |
| מִבֶּ֨ן | miben | from a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁל֤וֹשׁ | shaloosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| שָׁנִים֙ | shanim | years | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וּלְמַ֔עְלָה | ulema'lah | and <to> upwards <towards> | H4605 → | 140 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַבָּ֥א | haba' | <the> [one who] went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לְבֵית־ | leveit- | to [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לִדְבַר־ | lidvar- | for [the] matter of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| י֣וֹם | yom | a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| בְּיוֹמ֑וֹ | beyomo | in day its | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| לַעֲב֣וֹדָתָ֔ם | laavodatam | for service their | H5656 → | 145 times |
| בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֖ם | bemishmerotam | by duties their | H4931 → | 78 times |
| כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ | kemachlekoteihem | according to divisions their | H4256 → | 42 times |
מִלְּבַ֞ד<from> <to> besides
milevadH905 →200 times
הִתְיַחְשָׂ֣םrecording genealogy they
hityachsamH3187 →18 times
לִזְכָרִ֗יםto males
lizkharimH2145 →
מִבֶּ֨ןfrom a son of
mibenH1121 →4930 times
שָׁל֤וֹשׁthree
shalooshH7969 →432 times
שָׁנִים֙years
shanimH8141 →877 times
וּלְמַ֔עְלָהand <to> upwards <towards>
ulema'lahH4605 →140 times
לְכָל־to every
lekholH3605 →5413 times
הַבָּ֥א<the> [one who] went
haba'H935 →2568 times
לְבֵית־to [the] house of
leveit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לִדְבַר־for [the] matter of
lidvar-H1697 →1440 times
י֣וֹםa day
yomH3117 →2304 times
בְּיוֹמ֑וֹin day its
beyomoH3117 →2304 times
לַעֲב֣וֹדָתָ֔םfor service their
laavodatamH5656 →145 times
בְּמִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֖םby duties their
bemishmerotamH4931 →78 times
כְּמַחְלְקוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃according to divisions their
kemachlekoteihemH4256 →42 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
7 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
Ezra 3:4They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:16
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year,…
- Numbers 29:12–38
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
- Nehemiah 8:14–17
And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month.
- Zechariah 14:16–19
Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Exodus 23:16
Through
1 Chronicles 23:3The Levites thirty years of age or older were counted, and the total number of men was 38,000.
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.
- Numbers 4:2–49
“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,
- 1 Chronicles 23:24
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.