Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”
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Also the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”
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And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
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and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.'
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 23:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 4:5 When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in with his sons; and they shall take down the veil of the screen, cover the ark of the Testimony with it,
- Numbers 7:9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
- Numbers 4:15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 4:49 According to the commandment of Yahweh they were counted by Moses, everyone according to his service and according to his burden. Thus they were counted by him, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time Yahweh set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Also unto the Levites; or rather, as concerning the…
Also unto the Levites; or rather, as concerning the Levites, of whom he is here speaking.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Because their office was to wait on the sons…
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,"wherefore the place of their habitations was by the side of the sons of Aaron, for the worship of the sanctuary of the Lord:"
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in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; to keep the house, and all the apartments in it, courts and chambers, clean, by sweeping and washing them, and carrying out all the filth thereof made by the sacrifices, and otherwise.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. unto the Levites; they shall no more carry]…
26. unto the Levites; they shall no more carry] R.V. the Levites shall no more have need to carry.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (26) And also unto the Levites; they shall no…
(26) And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry . . .—Rather, And the Levites also have not (now) to carry the dwelling and all its vessels for its service, as they had to do in the wanderings of Israel in the desert. The sacred dwelling-place (mishkân) had long been fixed at Gibeon; and the service of the Levites was so much the lighter, as in the olden time they not only had to carry about from place to place, but also to guard the holy tent and its belongings against the attacks of marauders. The inference is that as the duties had become so much less arduous, they might well be undertaken at an earlier age than the ancient custom permitted.
They shall no more carry.—Comp. the same infinitival construction in 2Ch_5:11.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And also unto the Levites. Emphasis is laid on…
And also unto the Levites. Emphasis is laid on the thought of the relief that permanent habitation in Jerusalem conferred on the Levites over and above the whole body of the rest of the people. They will no more be mere burden-bearers, though the burdens they Bore were of the most sacred character.
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