1 Chronicles 23:29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:24-32

Here is, I. An alteration made in the computation of the effective men of the Levites?that whereas, in Moses's time, they were not enlisted, or taken into service, till they were thirty-years old, nor admitted as probationers till twenty-five (Num. 8:24), David ordered, by direction from God, that they should be numbered for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upwards, 1 Chron. 23:24. This order he confirmed by his last words, 1 Chron. 23:27. When he put his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:29

Both for the shewbread ,.... Also to make and get that ready every week for the priests to set on the shewbread table, when they took off the other that had stood a week, see 1 Chronicles 9:32 . and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried ; to deliver out the flour of which these several things were made, see 1 Chronicles 9:31 , and Leviticus 2:1 , and for all manner of measures and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 23:29

Both for the shew-bread - It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord, and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new. Some of the rabbins think that the priests sowed, reaped, ground, kneaded, and baked the grain of which the shew-bread was made. This appears to be a conceit. Jerome, in his comment on Malachi 1:6 , mentions it in these words: " Panes propositionis quos, juxta traditiones Hebraicas, ipsi serere, ipsi... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:29

Both for the shewbread, and… size . Seven other specifications of service are continued in this verse, with which we may compare 1 Chronicles 9:26-32 . For the shewbread. The first mention of shewbread is found in Exodus 25:30 . The directions for making it are found in Le Exodus 24:5-9 . The twelve unleavened cakes of which it consisted, heaped on the table in two piles, represented the twelve tribes, and intimated the Divine acceptance of the offerings of each faithful tribe (see... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 23:29

1 Chronicles 23:29. For all manner of measure All measures used either in sacred or civil things, the public standards whereof were kept in the temple; and therefore the care of keeping them inviolable, and producing them upon occasion, must needs belong to the priests, and under them to the Levites, who were to examine other measures, and all things by them, as occasion required, that so the priests might be at leisure for their higher and greater employments. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 23:1-32

Arrangements for the Levites (23:1-26:32)Having appointed Solomon to be his successor, David made further arrangements for the service of the temple. First, he set out a plan to distribute duties among the Levites. A census showed that there were 38,000 Levites eligible for temple service. Of these, 14,000 were official record-keepers, judges, guards, singers and musicians. The remainder were to help in the general service of the temple (23:1-6). Clearly, there were far too many Levites to work... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 23:29

Both = And. See note above. meat offering = meal offering. Hebrew. minha. App-43 . measure and size. The standards were committed to the Levites. Honesty in dealing is part of true religion. Compare Leviticus 19:36 . Deuteronomy 25:15 .Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:23 .Micah 6:11 . If this be so in the secular sphere, how much more in sacred things. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 23:1-32

Preparations for temple service chs. 23-26Verses 1 and 2 of chapter 23 (1 Chronicles 23:1-2) provide an outline for what follows in chapters 23-27 but in reverse order. After David appointed Solomon as his coregent in 973 B.C., he began the preparations the writer described here.David adapted the service of the Levites, who assisted the priests, to the new temple ritual. This form of worship was a combination of tabernacle and divinely approved revised worship (1 Chronicles 23:3-32; Numbers 3).... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 23:1-32

David makes Solomon King. Particulars relating to the LevitesThis and the following three chapters (supplementing the earlier history) describe the arrangements made by David for the organisation of the Temple service after Solomon had been appointed his successor. The incidents relating to this last event, which are recorded in 1 Kings 1, are omitted by the writer, who passes over all David’s domestic troubles.3. From the age of thirty years] This limit is given in Numbers 4:3, but... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 23:29

(29) Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour.—Rather, And over the shewbread, and over, &c. “For” (lĕ) continues the sense of “over” (‘al). The Levitical assistants of the priests had to see to the preparation of the things here enumerated.And for that which is baked in the pan.—Literally, and over the pan (Leviticus 2:5).And for that which is fried.—Rather, and over that which is soaked in oil (a kind of cake, Leviticus 7:12).And for all manner of measure and size.—The flour and... read more

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