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Numbers 3:8
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Numbers 3:8
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8 And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve[a] in the tabernacle.
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- Numbers 3:8 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct (epexegetically) followed by its cognate accusative. It would convey “to serve the service of the tabernacle,” but more simply it may be rendered as “serving.” Their spiritual and practical service is to serve.sn The Levites had the duty of taking care of all the tabernacle and its furnishings, especially in times when it was to be moved. But they were also appointed to be gatekeepers (2 Kgs 22:4; 1 Chr 9:19) in order to safeguard the purity of the place and the activities that went on there. Their offices seem to have then become hereditary in time (1 Sam 1:3); they even took on more priestly functions, such as pronouncing the benediction (Deut 10:8). See further R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 348-49.
1 Chronicles 9:28
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1 Chronicles 9:28
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28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.[a]
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- 1 Chronicles 9:28 tn Heb “and from them over the articles of the task, for by number they would bring them in, and by number they would bring them out.”
1 Chronicles 9:29
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1 Chronicles 9:29
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29 Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary,[a] as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.
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- 1 Chronicles 9:29 tn Heb “holy place.”
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