1 Chronicles 23:29

1 Chronicles 23:29 in other versions

• King James Version (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;
• New International Version (NIV)They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their duty was also to assist with the showbread, the flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.
• New King James Version (NKJV)both with the showbread and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is baked in the pan, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:29

27for according to the last words of David, the Levites twenty years old or more were to be counted — 28“but their duty will be to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the Lord’s temple, being responsible for the courts and the chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of God’s temple — as well as the rows of the Bread of the Presence, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of volume and length. 30They are also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the Lord, and likewise in the evening. 31Whenever burnt offerings are offered to the Lord on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed festivals, they are to offer them regularly in the Lord’s presence according to the number prescribed for them.

1 Chronicles 23:29 word by word

וּלְלֶ֨חֶם הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֜כֶת וּלְסֹ֤לֶת לְמִנְחָה֙ וְלִרְקִיקֵ֣י הַמַּצּ֔וֹת וְלַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת וְלַמֻּרְבָּ֑כֶת וּלְכָל־מְשׂוּרָ֖ה וּמִדָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Both for the shewbreadמַעֲרֶ֫כֶתma‛ăreketh · rowH4635
• Both for the shewbreadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• and for the fine flourסֹ֫לֶתsôleth · fine flourH5560
• for meat offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• and for the unleavenedמַצָּהmatstsâh · unleavened breadH4682
• cakesרָקִיקrâqîyq · flatbreadH7550
• the panמַחֲבַתmachăbath · griddleH4227
• and for that which is friedרָבַךְrâbak · to stirH7246
• and for all manner of measureמְשׂוּרָהmeώûrâh · capacityH4884
• and sizeמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 23:29

• 1 Chronicles 9:31A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.
• Exodus 25:30Put the Bread of the Presence on the table before me at all times.
• Leviticus 24:5“Take fine flour and bake it into twelve loaves; each loaf is to be made with four quarts.
• 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all the equipment in the Lord’s temple: the gold altar; the gold table that the Bread of the Presence was placed on;
• 2 Chronicles 13:11They offer a burnt offering and fragrant incense to the Lord every morning and every evening, and they set the rows of the Bread of the Presence on the ceremonially clean table. They light the lamps of the gold lampstand every evening. We are carrying out the requirements of the Lord our God, while you have abandoned him.
• 2 Chronicles 29:18Then they went inside to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed the whole temple of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the rows of the Bread of the Presence and all its utensils.
• Nehemiah 10:33the bread displayed before the Lord, the daily grain offering, the regular burnt offering, the Sabbath and New Moon offerings, the appointed festivals, the holy things, the sin offerings to atone for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
• Matthew 12:4how he entered the house of God, and they ate the bread of the Presence — which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?
• Hebrews 9:2For a tabernacle was set up, and in the first room, which is called the holy place, were the lampstand, the table, and the presentation loaves.
• 1 Chronicles 9:29Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.
• Leviticus 6:20“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons are to present to the Lord on the day that he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
• Leviticus 2:4“When you present a grain offering baked in an oven, it is to be made of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
• Leviticus 7:9Any grain offering that is baked in an oven or prepared in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it; it is his.
• Leviticus 19:35“Do not be unfair in measurements of length, weight, or volume.
• Numbers 3:50He collected the silver from the firstborn Israelites: 1,365 shekels measured by the standard sanctuary shekel.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Both for the shew-bread - It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord, and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new. Some of the rabbins think that the priests sowed, reaped, ground, kneaded, and baked the grain of which the shew-bread was made. This appears to be a conceit. Jerome, in his comment on Malachi 1:6, mentions it in these words: "Panes propositionis quos, juxta traditiones…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-32Verses 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 true Christian and all…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28-32The Levites helped the priests in many ways. They maintained the temple, arranged the sacred bread and other offerings, sang, and assisted with sacrifices. Different family groups of Levites had specific duties (1 Chronicles 23:4–6).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 23:29

• Levites
• Shewbread (Showbread)

In the dictionaries

• Meat Offering
• Cake
• Chronicles, Books of
• Measure
• Music
• Adonijah
• Bread
• Chronicles, Books of
• David
• Ezekiel

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary