1 Chronicles 23:31
29 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.
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.
32 So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
- WEB
- and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD;
- ASV
- and to offer all burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Jehovah;
- DARBY
- and for all burnt-offerings offered up to Jehovah on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the ordinance concerning them, continually, before Jehovah;
- BLB
- and at every presentation of burnt offerings to YHWH on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons and for the appointed seasons, by number, according to the ordinance upon them, regularly before the face of YHWH.
- ÅB
- og de skulle hjelpe til ved enhver ofring av brennoffer til Herren på sabbatene, på nymåne-dagene og på høytidene, i fastsatt tall, slik som det var foreskrevet for dem - all tid for Herrens åsyn.
- OTB
- og for å frembære alle brennoffer til Herren,
på sabbatene, nymånene og de fastsatte høytidene,
i det antall som er spesifisert ved forskriften om dem,
kontinuerlig for Herrens åsyn. - B1930
- og de skulde hjelpe til ved enhver ofring av brennoffer til Herren på sabbatene, på nymåne-dagene og på høitidene, i fastsatt tall, således som det var foreskrevet for dem - all tid for Herrens åsyn.
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Cross references
Isaiah 1:13–14
Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me— your New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations. I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:39
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:24
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
Read in contextNumbers 28:1–29
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Read in contextPsalms 81:1–4
Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:1–17
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Read in contextNumbers 10:10
And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”
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