23:28 Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 2 23:29 They also took care of 3 the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring. 4 23:30 They also stood in a designated place 5 every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening 23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. 6 23:32 They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the Lord’s temple. 7
1 tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”
2 tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the
3 tn Heb “with respect to.”
4 tn The Hebrew terms מְשׂוּרָה (mÿsurah) and מִדָּה (middah) refer to different types of measurements.
5 tn Heb “and to stand.”
6 tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the
7 tn Heb “and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the