1 Chronicles 23:28

Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
office	מַעֲמָדָ֞ם ma.'a.ma.Dam	H4612	(figuratively) a position · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
wait	לְיַד le.yad-	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
sons	בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Aaron	אַהֲרֹ֗ן 'a.ha.Ron	H175	Aharon · proper noun, a man's name
service	לַעֲבֹדַת֙ la.'a.vo.Dat	H5656	work of any kind · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
house	בֵּ֣ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
courts	הַחֲצֵרוֹת֙ ha.cha.tze.rOt	H2691	a yard (as inclosed by a fence) · definite article + noun, common both genders plural absolute
chambers	הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת ha.le.sha.Khot	H3957	a room in a building (whether for storage · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
purifying	טָהֳרַ֖ת to.ho.Rat	H2893	ceremonial purification · noun, common feminine singular construct
things	קֹ֑דֶשׁ Ko.desh	H6944	a sacred place or thing · noun, common masculine singular absolute
work	וּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֔ה u.ma.'a.Seh	H4639	an action (good or bad) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
service	עֲבֹדַ֖ת 'a.vo.Dat	H5656	work of any kind · noun, common feminine singular construct
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִֽים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 31:11 Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them,
2 Chronicles 35:3-6 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of Davi…
2 Chronicles 35:11-14 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
Nehemiah 13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and th…
Numbers 3:6-9 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
1 Kings 6:5 And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the o…
1 Chronicles 9:28-29 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
1 Chronicles 18:17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:24–end

Here is, I. An alteration made in the computation of the effective men of the Levites - that whereas, in Moses's time, they were not enlisted, or taken into service, till they were thirty-years old, nor admitted as probationers till twenty-five (Num 8:24), David ordered, by direction from God, that they should be numbered for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upwards, Ch1 23:24. This order he confirmed by his last words, Ch1 23:27. When he put his last hand to the draught of this establishment he expressly appointed this to be done for ever after; yet not he; but the Lord. 1. Perhaps the young Levites, having no work appointed them till twenty-five years…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 23:24

OFFICE OF THE LEVITES. (Ch1 23:24-32) These were the sons of Levi . . . that did the work . . . from the age of twenty years and upward--The enumeration of the Levites was made by David (Ch1 23:3) on the same rule as that followed by Moses (Num 4:3), namely, from thirty years. But he saw afterwards that this rule might be beneficially relaxed, and that the enrolment of Levites for their proper duties might be made from twenty years of age. The ark and tabernacle being now stationary at Jerusalem, the labor of the Levites was greatly diminished, as they were no longer obliged to transport its heavy furniture from place to place. The number of thirty-eight thousand Levites, exclusive of pries…

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Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 23:28

Purifying of all holy things - Keeping all the vessels and utensils belonging to the sacred service clean and neat.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 23:28

Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron,.... The priests: for the service of the house of the Lord; to assist them therein, and not to bear burdens as in times past; the Targum is,"wherefore the place of their habitations was by the side of the sons of Aaron, for the worship of the sanctuary of the Lord:" in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; to keep the house, and all the apartments in it, courts and chambers, clean, by sweeping and washing them, and carrying out all the filth thereof made by the sacrifices, and otherwise.

Dictionary and topics

Levites — (descendants of Levi). Sometimes the name extends to the whole tribe, the priests included, (Exodus 6:25; Leviticus 25:32; Numbers 35:2; Joshua 21:3,41) etc; sometimes only to those members of the…
Music — Jubal was the inventor of musical instruments (Gen. 4:21). The Hebrews were much given to the cultivation of music. Their whole history and literature afford abundant evidence of this. After the…
Levites, The · Services of: Purifying the holy things — Services of: Purifying the holy things

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Chronicles 23:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 23:24

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 23:28

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 23:28

Dictionary and topics

1 Chronicles 23:28

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 23:24–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 23:24

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 23:28

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 23:28

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 23:28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 23:28-32

Rashi on 1 Chronicles 23:28