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.
• 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;
• New Living Translation (NLT)They were in charge of the sacred bread that was set out on the table, the choice flour for the grain offerings, the wafers made without yeast, the cakes cooked in olive oil, and the other mixed breads. They were also responsible to check all the weights and measures.

Context of 1 Chronicles 23:29

27For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward. 28For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God. 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. 30And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening, 31and whenever burnt offerings were offered to the Lord on Sabbaths, new moons, and feast days, according to the number required of them, regularly before the Lord.

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 9:31and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with making the flat cakes.
• Exodus 25:30And you shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before me regularly.
• Leviticus 24:5"You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf.
• 1 Kings 7:48So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: the golden altar, the golden table for the bread of the Presence,
• 2 Chronicles 13:11They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
• 2 Chronicles 29:18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king and said, "We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the table for the showbread and all its utensils.
• Nehemiah 10:33for the showbread, the regular grain offering, the regular burnt offering, the Sabbaths, the new moons, the appointed feasts, the holy things, and the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
• Matthew 12:4how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which it was not lawful for him to eat nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
• Hebrews 9:2For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.
• 1 Chronicles 9:29Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices.
• Leviticus 6:20"This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
• Leviticus 2:4"When you bring a grain offering baked in the oven as an offering, it shall be unleavened loaves of fine flour mixed with oil or unleavened wafers smeared with oil.
• Leviticus 7:9And every grain offering baked in the oven and all that is prepared on a pan or a griddle shall belong to the priest who offers it.
• Leviticus 19:35"You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity.
• Numbers 3:50From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, 1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.

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