EasyEnglish Bible 2018
1 Chronicles 6:49
49Only Aaron and his descendants served God as priests. They offered sacrifices to God on the altar for burnt offerings. They also burned sweet oils on the altar for incense. That was their work in the Most Holy Place. They made sacrifices so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. They did all this in the way that God's servant Moses had commanded.
1 Chronicles 6:49 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- New International Version (NIV)But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the Most Holy Place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
Context of 1 Chronicles 6:49
47Shemer was Mahli's son. Mahli was Mushi's son. Mushi was Merari's son. Merari was Levi's son. 48All the other Levites also had jobs to do in God's special tent. Only Aaron and his descendants served God as priests. They offered sacrifices to God on the altar for burnt offerings. They also burned sweet oils on the altar for incense. That was their work in the Most Holy Place. They made sacrifices so that God would forgive the sins of the Israelites. They did all this in the way that God's servant Moses had commanded. 50These were Aaron's descendants: Eleazar was Aaron's son. Phinehas was Eleazar's son. Abishua was Phinehas's son. 51Bukki was Abishua's son. Uzzi was Bukki's son. Zerahiah was Uzzi's son.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 61 Chronicles 6:49 word by word
וְֽאַהֲרֹ֨ן וּבָנָ֜יו מַקְטִירִ֨ים עַל־מִזְבַּ֤ח הָֽעוֹלָה֙ וְעַל־מִזְבַּ֣ח הַקְּטֹ֔רֶת לְכֹ֕ל מְלֶ֖אכֶת קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים וּלְכַפֵּר֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה עֶ֥בֶד הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- But Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
- and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- offeredקָטַרqâţar · to offer: offerH6999
- upon the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
- of the burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
- of incenseקְטֹ֫רֶתqeţôreth · incenseH7004
- for all the workמְלָאכָהmelâ'kâh · workH4399
- mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · Most Holy PlaceH6944
- and to make an atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
- for Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- according to all that Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
- the servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- had commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 6:49
- Exodus 27:1Use acacia wood to make an altar. It must be square, 2.2 metres long and 2.2 metres wide. It must be 1.3 metres high.
- Exodus 30:1Use acacia wood to make an altar so that you can burn incense on it.
- Leviticus 1:5The person must kill the young bull in front of the Lord. The priests who are the sons of Aaron will take the blood. They will throw it onto the sides of the altar. That is the altar near to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 8:1The Lord said to Moses,
- Leviticus 21:1The Lord said to Moses, ‘Say this to the priests. They must not touch a dead body. That would make them unclean.
- Numbers 16:16Moses said to Korah, ‘Tomorrow, you and your men must come to the Tent of Meeting. You must come to stand in front of the Lord. Aaron will be there too.
- Numbers 17:1The Lord said to Moses,
- Deuteronomy 18:1The priests and the whole tribe of Levi will have no land for themselves, as the other Israelite tribes do. Instead, they may eat the meat from the sacrifices that belong to the Lord.
- Hebrews 7:11The Levite priests were a necessary part of God's Law for Israel's people. But those priests could not make the people completely right with God. If that had been possible, the Levite priests could have continued their work. But we see that God has chosen a different kind of priest to serve him. That priest is not someone from Aaron's family, as the Levites were. Instead, he is a priest in the same way that Melchizedek was God's priest.
- Exodus 29:33That meat was part of the sacrifice which made them clean from their sins. It made them God's special servants as his priests. No other person may eat those things, because they are holy.
- Exodus 30:10Once every year, Aaron must make the altar clean and pure. He must put some of the blood from the sin offering on the horns of the altar. A priest must do this every year from now on. The altar is holy because it belongs to me, the Lord.’
- Leviticus 4:20He will do with this bull what he did with the bull for the sin offering. This is how the priest will atone for the sins of the people. God will forgive them when the priest does this.
- Numbers 15:25Then the priest will make things right with God for all the Israelites. The Lord will forgive them. That is because their sin was a mistake. They have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord. And they have brought their sin offering to the Lord, for their mistake.
- Numbers 16:46Moses said to Aaron, ‘Pick up your pot. Take coals with fire from the altar and put incense with them in the pot. Then take it quickly among all the people. Remove their sin so that God will forgive them. Be quick! The Lord is so angry with the people that he is already punishing them with a bad disease!’
- Job 33:24Then God will be kind to that person. God will say, “Save that person, so that he does not go to his grave. I have found someone to pay the price for his life. So keep him alive.”
- Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses, the Lord's servant, died there in Moab. The Lord had said that this would happen.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6:49
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 49This explanation of the priests' rights introduces the following list.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4949. But Aaron and his sons offered, &c.--The office and duties of the high priests having been already described, the names of those who successively filled that important office are recorded.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 6
- 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
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