1 Chronicles 9:32
30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Some of their Kohathite brothers were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
- KJV
- And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
- WEB
- Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
- ASV
- And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
- DARBY
- And [some] of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in rows, to prepare them every sabbath.
- BLB
- And some of the sons of the Kohathites from their brothers [were] over the bread of the arrangement, to prepare [it] Sabbath by Sabbath.
- ÅB
- Og noen av deres brødre kahatittenes barn hadde tilsyn med skuebrødene og skulle legge dem til rette hver sabbat.
- OTB
- Noen av deres slektninger fra sønnene til Kehatittene hadde ansvar for skuebrødet for å forberede det hver sabbat.
- B1930
- Og nogen av deres brødre kahatittenes barn hadde tilsyn med skuebrødene og skulde legge dem til rette hver sabbat.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 24:5–8
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.
Read in contextExodus 25:30
And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Read in context1 Chronicles 6:33–48
And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
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