1 Chronicles 23:29
27 For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,
28 but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
30 They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.
31 Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
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- BSB
- as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
- KJV
- Both for the shewbread, 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, and for all manner of measure and size;
- WEB
- for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all measurements of quantity and size;
- ASV
- for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;
- DARBY
- and for the loaves to be set in rows, and for the fine flour for the oblation, and for the unleavened cakes, and for [what is baked in] the pan, and for that which is saturated [with oil], and for all measure of capacity and size;
- BLB
- and for the bread of the arrangement, and the fine flour for the present, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the pan, and for what is mixed, and for all kinds of measures and sizes,
- ÅB
- både med skuebrødene og det fine mel til matofferet og med de usyrede brødleiver og med hellene og med det mel som skulle knaes, og med alle hulmål og lengdemål;
- OTB
- og med skuebrødet, det fine melet til et grødeoffer,
de usyrede kaker,
eller det som bakes i pannen eller blandes,
og alle mål for volum og størrelse. - B1930
- både med skuebrødene og det fine mel til matofferet og med de usyrede brødleiver og med hellene og med det mel som skulde knaes, og med alle hulmål og lengdemål;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 19:35–36
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
Read in contextLeviticus 2:4–7
Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
Read in contextLeviticus 6:20–23
“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
Read in contextLeviticus 24:5–9
You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
Read in contextExodus 25:30
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
Read in context2 Chronicles 29:18
Then they went in to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have cleansed the entire house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the table of the showbread with all its utensils.
Read in contextNumbers 3:50
He collected the money from the firstborn of the Israelites: 1,365 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Read in contextLeviticus 7:9
Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
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