after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names R.V. after their fathers" houses, even the heads of the fathers" houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names.
Verse 1 Chronicles 23:24. _TWENTY YEARS AND UPWARD._] It appears that this was a different ordinance from that mentioned 1 Chronicles 23:3. At first he appointed the Levites to serve from _thirty yea...
FROM THE AGE OF TWENTY YEARS - The Levites had hitherto not entered upon their regular functions until the age of thirty 1 Chronicles 23:3. Certain lighter duties were by the Law imposed on them at th...
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...
TWENTY YEARS AND UPWARD— In the 3rd verse it is _thirty years and upward;_ but it appears that a different poll is there referred to: and from the 25th and 26th verses it seems to follow, that David m...
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....
_THESE WERE THE SONS OF LEVI AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS; EVEN THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS, AS THEY WERE COUNTED BY NUMBER OF NAMES BY THEIR POLLS, THAT DID THE WORK FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE 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...
FROM THE AGE OF TWENTY YEARS] David, at the end of his reign (1 Chronicles 23:27), seems to have lowered the limit of age (see 1 Chronicles 23:3) above which the Levites entered on their duties, and h...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 23 Organisation of the *Levites –...
THESE WERE THE SONS OF LEVI AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS. — Rather, _These were the sons of Levi, according to their father-houses_ (clans), _heads of the houses_ (fathers, _i.e.,_ father-houses),...
אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵֽי ־לֵוִי֩ לְ בֵ֨ית אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֜ם ר
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...
These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house...
Old. See ver. 3., and Numbers iv. 3. --- And upwards; as long as they were able to serve. They were excused from carrying the tabernacle, &c., at fifty years of age, Numbers viii. 25. (Abulensis) (Men...
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...
THESE WERE THE SONS OF LEVI, AFTER THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS,.... According to the three classes of them, as descending from the three sons of Levi: [EVEN] THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS; or heads of fami...
These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house...
_From the age of twenty years and upward_ As the Levites were anciently numbered from two several times, from the twenty-fifth year of their age, and from the thirtieth, (Numbers 4:3; Numbers 8:24,) i...
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...
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of t...
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...
As the Levites were anciently numbered from two several times, from the twenty-fifth year of their age, and from the thirtieth, NUMBERS 4:3, NUMBERS 8:24; in like manner and for the same reasons they...
1 Chronicles 23:24 sons H1121 Levi H3878 fathers H1 heads H7218 fathers H1 counted H6485 (H8803) individually H15
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 23:27; 1 Chronicles 23:3; Ezra 3:8; Numbers 1:18; Numb
Twenty years — As the Levites were anciently numbered from two several times, from the twenty fifth year of their age, and from the thirtieth, Numbers 4:3, Numbers 8:24. In like manner they are here n...