Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 6:48
Their brethren also the Levites [were] appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
48, 49 (= 33, 34 according to the Heb. division). The distinction between Levites and Aaronites
48. Their brethren also the Levites ] R.V. And their brethren the Levites, i.e. and the other Levites.
appointed ] Heb. given, in allusion to Num 3:9; Num 18:6.
unto all manner of service ] R.V. for all the service.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
1Ch 6:31; 1Ch 6:48
And these are they whom David let over the service of song lit the house of the Lord.
The ministry of song
I. Song an element of Christian worship.
II. Song an expression of human feeling.
III. Song a power for which its possessors are responsible. (J. Wolfendale.)
Religious worship
I. Worship varied in its forms.
II. Lively in its spirit.
III. Orderly in its method.
IV. Universal in its participation. (J. Wolfendale.)
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Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
The Levites; such of them as had no skill in singing were otherwise employed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
48. Their brethren also the Leviteswere appointed unto all manner of serviceThose of them whowere endowed with musical tastes and talents were employed in variousother departments of the temple service.
1Ch6:49-81. OFFICE OFAARON AND HISSONS.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Their brethren also the Levites,…. Who were not skilled in singing, and employed in that service, even the rest of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites:
were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God; some were porters at the gates; others had the care of the vessels; others slew the beasts for sacrifices, flayed them, and cut them up, and brought the pieces to the altar of burnt offerings, for the priests to offer.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(48) Their brethren also the Levites.That is, the Levites who were not musiciansthe remaining Levites.
Appointed.Literally, giventhat is, to Aaron and his sons as their assistants; Num. 3:9 (Heb.), And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons, given are they to him from amongst the sons of Israel. The word is nethnm. (Comp. nethnim, an identical form, as the name of a well-known class of Temple-servants.)
Tabernacle.Rather, dwelling-place (mishkan).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
all manner of service. Compare 1Ch 23.
God. Hebrew. ha-‘Elohim (App-4), the [Triune] God
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
brethren: 1Ch 23:2-32, 1Ch 25:1 – 1Ch 26:32, Num 3:1 – Num 4:49, Num 8:5-26, Num 16:9, Num 16:10, Num 18:1-32
appointed: 1Ch 12:28
Reciprocal: Num 3:38 – keeping Num 4:3 – to do 1Ch 23:4 – twenty
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 6:48. Their brethren were appointed, &c. Such of them as had no skill in singing were otherwise employed; being porters, keepers of the vessels of the sanctuary, occupied in preparing the sacrifices, and such like things. It is observable, that in all the genealogies of the Levites, there is not a word said of the sons of Moses and their posterity, he having no ambition to prefer them unto any great office.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
6:48 Their {i} brethren also the Levites [were] {k} appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
(i) The Levites are called the singers brothers because they came from the same stock.
(k) Read Num 4:4.