Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Chronicles 23:28
All holy things, i.e. holy places, and garments, and vessels, and sacrifices, which were to be washed and cleansed from any filthiness which possibly might cleave to them.
All holy things, i.e. holy places, and garments, and vessels, and sacrifices, which were to be washed and cleansed from any filthiness which possibly might cleave to them.
Verse 1 Chronicles 23:28. _PURIFYING OF ALL HOLY THINGS_] Keeping all the vessels and utensils belonging to the sacred service clean and neat....
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...
OFFICE. station. IN. over....
Duties of the Levites 28. _their office_was _to wait on_ Literally, _their station was at the hand of_. For the phrase _at the hand of_cp. Psalms 123:2, _as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of...
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....
_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 SERVIC...
23:28 of (c-8) Or 'at the hand of.'...
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 –...
BECAUSE THEIR OFFICE WAS TO WAIT ON THE SONS OF AARON. — _For their appointment_ (or _station_)_ is at the side of the sons of Aaron_ (_i.e.,_ the priests). The Levites had no longer to carry the sacr...
כִּ֣י מַעֲמָדָ֞ם לְ יַד ־בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֗ן לַ
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...
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 (f) purifying of all holy things, and the work of the s...
_Place. Hebrew, "purifying all that is holy;" (Haydock) keeping clean all that is used about the sacred ministry. (Calmet)_...
The last words of David, that is, the last words of David on this subject, lessened down the age ten years from the former appointment. Probably this means; that the introduction of younger men for th...
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...
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, "wh...
_In the purifying of holy things_ Holy places, and garments, and vessels, and sacrifices, which were to be washed and cleansed from any filthiness that might cleave to them....
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 MINISTRY OF THE LEVITES...
because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in assisting the priests, IN THE COURTS, AND IN THE CHAMBERS, in keeping every part of the Temple clean,...
24-32 Now the people of Israel were so many, there should be more employed in the temple service, that every Israelite who brought an offering might find a Levite ready to help him. When more work is...
1 Chronicles 23:28 duty H4612 help H3027 sons H1121 Aaron H175 service H5656 house H1004 LORD H3068 courts H
OFFICE That is, their new office, since their former office of bearing the tabernacle was ended....
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 23:24 David appears as the successor to Moses (see Numbers 4:1) as he defines the Levites’ duties in relation to the temple....
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 18:17; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 28:13; 1 Chronicles 9:28;...
Holy things — Holy places, and garments, and vessels, and sacrifices, which were to be washed and cleansed from any filthiness that might cleave to them....