by their polls Lit. by their skulls. "Poll" is an almost obsolete word for "head," retained in the compound word, "poll-tax."
thirty and eight thousand A great increase since the time of Moses; the males from a month old and upwards are reckoned at 22,000 in Numbers 3:39 and at 23,000 in Numbers 26:62.
Verse 1 Chronicles 23:3. _THIRTY YEARS AND UPWARD_] The enumeration of the Levites made in the desert, Numbers 4:3, was from _thirty_ years upwards to _fifty_ years. In this place, the latter limit i...
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...
THIRTY YEARS. According to Numbers 4:3; Numbers 4:23; Numbers 4:35; Numbers 4:47, Changed to twenty-five years by Jehovah ...
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....
_NOW THE LEVITES WERE NUMBERED FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS AND UPWARD: AND THEIR NUMBER BY THEIR POLLS, MAN BY MAN, WAS THIRTY AND EIGHT THOUSAND._ The Levites were numbered ... thirty and eight tho...
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 THIRTY YEARS] This limit is given in Numbers 4:3, but 'twenty-five' is fixed in Numbers 8:24, possibly having in view different and lighter duties. BY THEIR POLLS] i.e. by heads....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 23 Organisation of the *Levites –...
(2-5) The numbering of the Levites and their appointments....
NOW ... AND — _i.e.,_ after the council had agreed upon it. THE LEVITES WERE NUMBERED FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS AND UPWARD. — A census like that which Moses instituted (Numbers 4:3; Numbers 4:23; N...
וַ יִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙ הַ לְוִיִּ֔ם מִ בֶּ֛ן שְׁלֹש
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...
_Numbered at the same time, when David caused his son to be crowned, and made these fresh regulations, ver. 27., and chap. xxvi. 31. --- Upwards, according to the plan given by Moses. David afterwards...
The age of their numbering from thirty years, seems to convey very strong testimonies that a competency of wisdom and gravity were considered as necessary, before that they were numbered among the Lev...
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...
NOW THE LEVITES WERE NUMBERED FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS, AND UPWARD,.... So they were numbered in the days of Moses, and by his order, and so they were now at first; though afterwards there was a n...
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. Ver. 3. _Now the Levites were numbered._] Not as the...
_From the age of thirty years and upward_ Not only till fifty, as it was appointed Numbers 4:2, but even till their death: for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, because the...
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...
Now, the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward, this being the age at which they did the work of their ministry according to the precept of Moses, Numbers 4; AND THEIR NUMBER B...
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...
FROM THE AGE OF THIRTY YEARS AND UPWARD; not only till fifty, as it was appointed, NUMBERS 4:2,3, but even till their death; for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, because th...
1 Chronicles 23:3 Levites H3881 numbered H5608 (H8735) age H1121 thirty H7970 years H8141 above H4605 number H
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 23:3 A legitimate census of the Levites, as in Numbers 4:1 (see 1 Chronicles 2
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...
Numbers 4:48...
Upwards — Not only 'till fifty, as it was appointed, Numbers 4:2, but even 'till their death: for that was but a temporary law grounded upon a special reason, because the Levites were employed in carr...