1 Chronicles 23 · Verse 26

1 Chronicles 23:26

And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
1 Chronicles 23:26, King James Version

1 Chronicles 23:26 in other translations

BSBSo now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
WEBAlso the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service.”
ASVand also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof.
YLTand also of the Levites, ‘None are to bear the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service;'
DARBYand the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.
BBEAnd from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
WebsterAnd also to the Levites: they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for its service.

What does 1 Chronicles 23:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 23:24-27

24-27. These were the sons of Levi ... that did the work ... from the age of twenty years and upward--The enumeration of the Levites was made by David (1Ch 23:3) on the same rule as that followed by Moses (Nu 4:3), namely, from thirty years. But he saw afterwards that this rule might be beneficially relaxed, and that the enrolment of Levites for their proper duties might be made from twenty years of age. The ark and…

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

Now the people of Israel were so many, there should be more employed in the temple service, that every Israelite who brought an offering might find a Levite ready to help him. When more work is to be done, it is pity but there should be more workmen. A new heart, a spiritual mind, which delights greatly in God's commandments, and can find a refreshing feast in his ordinances, forms the great distinction between the…

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1 Chronicles 23:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגַ֖םve.Gamand alsoH1571
לַלְוִיִּ֑םlal.vi.Yimto the LevitesH3881
אֵין\־'ein-there notH369
לָשֵׂ֧אתla.Set[is] to carryH5375
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ןha.mish.Kanthe tabernacleH4908
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
כֵּלָ֖יוke.Lavarticles itsH3627
לַעֲבֹדָתֽוֹ\׃la.'a.vo.da.Tofor service itsH5656

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 23:26

  • Numbers 4:5

    And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

  • Numbers 7:9

    But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

  • Numbers 4:15

    And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Numbers 4:49

    According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Deuteronomy 10:8

    At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

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Nu 4:5,49; 7:9

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 23:25

    For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:

  • 1 Chronicles 23:26

    And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:27

    For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

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1 Chronicles 23:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y también los Levitas no llevarán más el tabernáculo, y todos sus vasos para su ministerio.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et les Lévites aussi n’auront plus à porter le tabernacle, ni tous les ustensiles pour son service.
German
Elberfelder 1871
so haben auch die Leviten die Wohnung und alle ihre Geräte zu ihrem Dienste nicht mehr zu tragen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nec erit officii Levitarum ut ultra portent tabernaculum et omnia vasa ejus ad ministrandum.