of which twenty and four thousand were to set forward, that is, oversee, the work of the house of the Lord, the more menial tasks being assigned to the Nethinim and other servants; and six thousand were officers and judges, occupying civil and judicial offices in the nation.
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...
SET FORWARD. oversee. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
_twenty and four thousand_ These were divided into courses (1 Chronicles 23:6), serving by turn, apparently twenty-four in number, consisting each of a thousand men. The priests also were divided into...
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...
WERE TO SET FORWARD THE WORK— _Were to preside over the works._ Houbigant....
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....
_OF WHICH, TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND WERE TO SET FORWARD THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; AND SIX THOUSAND WERE OFFICERS AND JUDGES:_ Twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the hou...
23:4 officers (c-20) See Deuteronomy 1:15 ....
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 –...
(2-5) The numbering of the Levites and their appointments....
OF WHICH, TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND WERE TO SET FORWARD. — It is clear from 1 Chronicles 23:5 that David himself is supposed to utter both verses, thus personally assigning their commission to the Levi...
מֵ אֵ֗לֶּה לְ נַצֵּ֨חַ֙ עַל ־מְלֶ֣אכֶת בֵּית
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...
_Overseers. Hebrew shoterim. Septuagint, "scribes." Others suppose "lictors and executioners," who attended the judges. (Grotius) --- These were functions from which the priests were exempted; (Calmet...
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...
OF WHICH TWENTY AND FOUR THOUSAND WERE TO SET FORWARD THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... To prepare for the work of the priests by slaying the sacrifices, flaying them, cutting them in pieces, and...
Of which, twenty and four thousand [were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and judges: Ver. 4. _Of which, twenty and four thousand were, &c._] That i...
_To set forward the work of the house of the Lord_ To take care that all the work of the temple, about sacrifices, should be punctually performed, either by themselves or others; which they were not t...
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...
TO SET FORWARD: Or, to oversee...
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...
TO SET FORWARD THE WORK OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, i.e. to take care that all the work of the temple about sacrifices and other parts or means of God's service should be punctually and diligently perfo...
1 Chronicles 23:4 these H428 twenty-four H6242 H702 thousand H505 after H5329 (H8763) work H4399 house H1004
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....
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 23:28; 1 Chronicles 26:20; 1 Chronicles 26:29; 1 Chronicles 6:48;...
Officers — To take care that all the work of the temple about sacrifices should be punctually performed, either by themselves or others: which they were not to do all at once, but by courses, a thousa...