George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Chronicles 23:13
Minister. Hebrew, "to sanctify the holy of holies." --- His. Hebrew, "in his name," with solemnity, Numbers vi. 23. The Levites might bless the name of the Lord.
Minister. Hebrew, "to sanctify the holy of holies." --- His. Hebrew, "in his name," with solemnity, Numbers vi. 23. The Levites might bless the name of the Lord.
Verse 1 Chronicles 23:13. _TO BLESS IN HIS NAME_] To bless the people by invoking the name of the Lord....
2. THE NUMBERING AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE LEVITES CHAPTER 23 _ 1. Solomon made king (1 Chronicles 23:1)_ 2. The number of the Levites (1 Chronicles 23:2) 3. The Gershonites (1
1 Chronicles 23:1 to 1 Chronicles 24:31. THE LEVITES AND THE PRIESTS. The Chronicler implies that the organisation of the Levites and priests and the settling of their duties as existing in his day wa...
AMRAM. Compare Exodus 6:20. AARON AND MOSES. See note on Exodus 6:20....
Organisation of the Levites (first account) Two accounts are given of David's organisation of the Levites. According to the first the Levites were admitted to service at thirty years of age; 1 Chroni...
LESSON ELEVEN 23-24 THE LEVITES AND THEIR DUTIES 15. THE LEVITES AND THEIR WORK (Chapter 23) INTRODUCTION The successful functioning of the Temple required a careful organization of the priesthood....
_THE SONS OF AMRAM; AARON AND MOSES: AND AARON WAS SEPARATED, THAT HE SHOULD SANCTIFY THE MOST HOLY THINGS, HE AND HIS SONS FOR EVER, TO BURN INCENSE BEFORE THE LORD, TO MINISTER UNTO HIM, AND TO BLES...
23:13 offer (b-27) Lit. 'to burn incense;' but it includes also all that was burned as a sweet savour, as the burnt-offering, and the fat. see Leviticus 1:9 ....
DAVID MAKES SOLOMON KING. PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE LEVITES This and the following three Chapter s (supplementing the earlier history) describe the arrangements made by David for the organisation of...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 23 Organisation of the *Levites –...
(6-23) The twenty-four houses of the Levites....
AND AARON WAS SEPARATED. — Aaron and his sons, as priests, are thus excluded from present consideration. They form the proper subject of 1 Chronicles 25:1, and are only mentioned here for the sake of...
בְּנֵ֥י עַמְרָ֖ם אַהֲרֹ֣ן וּ מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ יִּבּ
David's interest in building the Temple and establishing it as the center of worship and of the nation is not only manifest in the material preparation he made in amassing treasure, and carrying out p...
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should (a) sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to b...
I do not interrupt the reading of this list of the Levites, but bring the account altogether into one view, because the observations arising out of the whole are one and the same. The Reader may perha...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...
THE SONS OF AMRAM; AARON AND MOSES,.... A son of Kohath, 1 Chronicles 23:2 AND AARON WAS SEPARATED; from the children of Israel, Exodus 28:1, THAT HE SHOULD SANCTIFY THE MOST HOLY THINGS, HE AND HIS...
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless...
_That he should sanctify the most holy things_ That he might keep them from pollution: for these most holy things were polluted when they were touched by any other person. _He and his sons for ever_ N...
1 Dauid in his old age maketh Solomon King. 2 The number and distribution of the Leuites 7 The families of the Gershonites. 12 The sonnes of Kohath. 21 The sonnes of Merari. 24 The office of the...
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, Exodus 30:7, TO MINISTER UNTO HIM, D...
THE LEVITES DIVIDED INTO THREE COURSES...
1-23 David, having given charge concerning the building of the temple, settles the method of the temple service, and orders the officers of it. When those of the same family were employed together, it...
THAT HE SHOULD SANCTIFY THE MOST HOLY THINGS; not positively, for so he could not sanctify them, they being already sanctified by God in the highest degree; but negatively, i.e. that he might keep the...
1 Chronicles 23:13 sons H1121 Amram H6019 Aaron H175 Moses H4872 Aaron H175 apart H914 (H8735) sons H1121
CONTENTS: Number and distribution of the Levites. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: There is a place in the service of God for every Christian and God would have each at his own post, for of all m...
1 Chronicles 23:3. _Thirty years._ So Moses had commanded. Numbers 4:3. But now it would seem from 1 Chronicles 23:24, that David numbered the levites from the age of twenty, the number at thirty not...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 23:1 In chs. 1 Chronicles 23:1 David continues to prepare for Solomon’s rule by providing religious, military, and political leadership....
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 23:6 David organizes the Levites according to their traditional clans: the Gershonites (vv. 1 Chronicles 23:7), the Kohathites (vv....
CRITICAL NOTES.] This and following three Chapter s contain an account of Levites and distribution of their services. Here their number, classification, and work (1 Chronicles 23:1). But 1 Chronicles...
EXPOSITION This chapter is the first of four employed on the subject of the Levites and the services distributed among them. The twenty-four orders of priests, sons of Aaron, occupy 1 Chronicles 24:1....
And so David when he was old, made Solomon his son king over Israel (1 Chronicles 23:1). Now David then began to set forth the order of the priesthood, the Levitical priesthood. Now David here demonst...
1 Chronicles 6:3; 1 Samuel 2:28; 2 Chronicles 26:18; Acts 13:2;...
Sanctify — That he might keep them from pollution: for these most holy things were polluted when they were touched by any other person. He and his — Not only his eldest sons the high — priests success...