Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.
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Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.
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And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
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And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by tale were they brought in and by tale were they taken out.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 9:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 12:44 On that day, men were appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who waited.
- Nehemiah 13:4-5 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah, had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.
- Numbers 23:25-27 Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.” But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?’ ” Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
- 1 Chronicles 26:22-26 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of Yahweh’s house. Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures. His brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son. This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ households, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.
- Ezra 8:25-30 and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered. I weighed into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver, one hundred talents of silver vessels; one hundred talents of gold, twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold. I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers. Watch and keep them, until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the rooms of Yahweh’s house.” So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And other of their brethren, of the sons of…
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath,.... Twelve loaves of which were set every week before the ark upon the shewbread table, and the old ones taken away: now the work of these Levites was to make this shewbread, and get it ready every week to be set upon the table, and which was done not by them, but by priests; under the second temple, the family of Garmu was set over this work (a).
(a) Misn. Shekalim, ut supra. (c. 5. sect. 1.)
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain By tale - literally, “by number.” The vessels for…
By tale - literally, “by number.” The vessels for service taken out of the treasury were counted, that the same number should be returned to the treasury after the service was over,
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. The ministering vessels — As these seem to…
28. The ministering vessels — As these seem to be distinguished from the ordinary vessels of the sanctuary mentioned in the next verse, they are understood by Bertheau and Keil to be the peculiarly costly vessels; for example, “the golden cups for the libations, etc., which were brought from the treasure chamber only for a short time for use in the service.”
By tale — Or, by number. They were carefully numbered, both when brought in and taken out, lest any one of them should become lost or missing.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28, 29. Duties of the Levites
28, 29. Duties of the Levites
28. And certain of them] The reference is to the Levites. The contents of 1Ch_9:28-29 clearly refer to Levitical duties (cp. 1Ch_23:29), and the transition from porters to Levites is made easier by the fact that the four porters last mentioned (1Ch_9:26-27) are Levites.
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the ministering vessels] R.V. the vessels of service.
that they should bring them in and out by tale] R.V. for by tale were they brought in and by tale were they taken out.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) The care of the sacred vessels of gold…
(28) The care of the sacred vessels of gold and silver. These were counted when brought out of the store rooms, and when replaced, to make sure that none was purloined. (Comp. Ezr_8:20 et seq.)
Tale.—“Reckoning,” “number.:”—
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“ And every shepherd tells his tale
Under the hawthorn in the dale.”
Literally, for by number they used to bring them in (to the sanctuary), and by number they used to take them out.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain That they should bring them in by tale and…
That they should bring them in by tale and by tale carry them out. That is, that they should scrupulously number them.
Vers. 28-32.
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Every man to his own office.
The distribution of gifts is constantly recognized, and on this we have much apostolic teaching. But the answering distribution of offices requires to be more fully apprehended. The power and the place are divinely fitted together; and in the economy of the Divine administration we may be sure there are no more powers given than there are places in which the powers may find exercise. It follows upon this that each man is bound to realize his power, discover his place, fit into it faithfully, and interfere with no other mans work. The way in which one man"s gifts and work may fit into another man"s is often an insoluble puzzle to us, but is quite plain in the plan of Divine forethought, and will be discovered when we can read final issues. Each man stands right before God when he clearly sees his work and says, "This one thing I do." The following points have been, in part, presented in previous outlines; they should be dealt with now in the light of the above topic, "Every man to his own office:
I GOD HAS BOTH GIFTS AND SPHERES FOR THEIR EXERCISE. That be has gifts we know, but we too readily assume that the spheres are human arrangements.
II GOD"S PROVIDENCES TEND TOWARDS SECURING THE PROPER RELATION OF GIFTS AND SPHERES. A north-country proverb tersely expresses this, "The tools will come to the hands that can use them." Every man, sooner or later, gains his providential opportunity, when he may do what he can do.
III MAN"S WILFULNESS SERIOUSLY MINGLES THE GIFTS AND THE SPHERES. By some men"s failing to recognize their gifts; by others prostrating their Divine gifts to base and selfish uses; by some, when they know their gifts, refusing to occupy their spheres; and by the forcing of too many into certain particular spheres for which an undue preference is shown. What we need in Christ"s Church and work is a wise subdivision of labour and more earnest endeavour to do faithfully and well our little piece. And in just this our Lord and Master set us his own holy example.
R.T.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Some of them
Some of them
"Some of the guards"
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they counted the articles when they were brought in and when they were taken out
This can be translated in active form. AT: "they counted the articles that people took out to use, and they counted the articles when people brought them back" (See: Active or Passive)
Some of them also were assigned to take care of
It is not clear who assigned these men, so if you have to translate in active form, use your language's most general way of doing so. AT: "The leaders also assigned some of them to take care of" or "Some of them also took care of" (See: Active or Passive)
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temple
holy
wine
oil
frankincense
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 9:28-32 various articles used in worship: See Exod 25:8–30:38.
9:28-32 various articles used in worship: See Exod 25:8–30:38.
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