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

27So David counted the Levites who were 20 years old or older and could work in the temple. Those were David's last words before he died. 28The Levites' work was to help Aaron's descendants as they served the Lord in his temple. They took care of the temple's yards and its small rooms. They made the Lord's special things clean and holy. They did the work that was necessary to serve God in his temple. They took care of the special bread for the table in the holy place. They kept the flour for the grain offerings, for the flat bread that they made without yeast and for the special cakes. They weighed and they measured all the things for the bread and the cakes. 30Every morning they stood in their places to thank the Lord and to praise him. They did the same thing every evening. 31They also did that when the priests offered burnt offerings to the Lord. That happened on Sabbath days, at New Moon festivals and on other special days. The correct number of Levites must be there to serve the Lord at all times, as the rules commanded.

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 9:31Mattithiah was a Levite who belonged to Korah's clan. His work was to prepare the bread that they used as offerings.
• Exodus 25:30Put the Lord's special bread on this table. The bread must always be there for me.
• Leviticus 24:5The people must bake 12 loaves of bread. They must use the best flour. They must weigh the flour for each loaf. They must use two tenths (2/10) of an ephah (4 litres).
• 1 Kings 7:48Solomon also made all these things for the Lord's temple: The gold altar. The gold table which had the special bread on it.
• 2 Chronicles 13:11They offer burnt offerings and sweet incense to the Lord every morning and every evening. They put out the special bread on his table every day. They light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. So we are the people who are obeying the rules of the Lord our God. But you have turned away from him.
• 2 Chronicles 29:18Then they went to King Hezekiah and they said, ‘We have made the whole temple clean and holy. That includes the altar for burnt offerings and all its tools. It also includes the table for the special bread and all its tools.
• Nehemiah 10:33That will pay for the special bread on the table in the temple. It will also pay for grain offerings and burnt offerings each day, as well as offerings on Sabbath days, feasts at each new moon, and other festivals. We will also use it for the sin offerings that take away Israel's guilt. And we will use it for all the work in the temple of our God.
• Matthew 12:4David went into the temple. He ate the special bread that was there. He also gave some of it to his men to eat as well. But it is against God's Law for anyone except the priests to eat that special bread.
• Hebrews 9:2Israel's people made a special tent for God. The first room in that tent was called the holy place. The special lampstand was in this room. The special table with the bread which they offered to God was there too.
• 1 Chronicles 9:29Some other guards kept safe the tools and the valuable things that were in the Holy Place. Some guards took care of the flour, wine, olive oil, incense and spices.
• Leviticus 6:20‘When Aaron is anointed, Aaron and his sons must give an offering to the Lord. It must be a tenth of an ephah (about two litres) of best flour. They must bring half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
• Leviticus 2:4A person must not use yeast if he bakes his gift of grain. He must make cakes or biscuits with flour and oil.
• Leviticus 7:9People may give gifts of grain that they cooked in an oven or on a flat plate. They should give them all to the priest.
• Leviticus 19:35They must be fair when they measure length or weight or size.
• Numbers 3:50He took 1,365 shekels from them. The shekels had the same weight as the shekel that the Levites used in God's tabernacle.

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