1 Chronicles 23 · Verse 32

1 Chronicles 23:32

And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 23:32, King James Version

1 Chronicles 23:32 in other translations

BSBSo 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.
WEBand that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers for the service of the LORD’s house.
ASVand that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
YLTAnd they have kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
DARBYand they kept the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of Jehovah.
BBEAnd they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.
WebsterAnd that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

What does 1 Chronicles 23:32 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 The charge of the sons of Aaron - It was the priests' business to kill, flay, and dress, as well as to offer, the victims, but being few, they were obliged to employ the Levites to flay those animals. The Levites were, properly speaking, servants to the priests, and were employed about the more servile part of Divine worship.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 23:32 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.

וְשָׁמְר֞וּve.sha.me.Ruand they keptH8104
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶתmish.Me.ret[the] duty ofH4931
אֹֽהֶל\־'o.hel-[the] tent ofH168
מוֹעֵ֗דmo.'EdmeetingH4150
וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶתmish.Me.ret[the] duty ofH4931
הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁha.Ko.deshthe holy placeH6944
וּמִשְׁמֶ֕רֶתu.mish.Me.retand [the] duty ofH4931
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] descendants ofH1121
אַהֲרֹ֖ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
אֲחֵיהֶ֑ם'a.chei.Hemrelatives theirH251
לַעֲבֹדַ֖תla.'a.vo.Datfor [the] service ofH5656
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 23:32

  • Numbers 1:53

    But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

  • Numbers 3:6-9

    Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

  • Numbers 3:38

    But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

  • 1 Chronicles 9:27

    And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

  • 1 Kings 8:4

    And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
keep.
9:27; Nu 1:53; 1Ki 8:4
the charge of the sons.
Nu 3:6-9,38

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 23:31

    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:

  • 1 Chronicles 23:32

    And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

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1 Chronicles 23:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y para que tuviesen la guarda del tabernáculo del testimonio, y la guarda del santuario, y las órdenes de los hijos de Aarón sus hermanos, en el ministerio de la casa de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils vaquaient à leur charge à l’égard de la tente d’assignation, et à leur charge à l’égard du lieu saint, et à leur charge à l’égard des fils d’Aaron, leurs frères, pour le service de la maison de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie warteten der Hut des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft und der Hut des Heiligtums, und der Hut der Söhne Aarons, ihrer Brüder, für den Dienst des Hauses Jehovas.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et custodiant observationes tabernaculi fœderis, et ritum sanctuarii, et observationem filiorum Aaron fratrum suorum, ut ministrent in domo Domini.