1 Chronicles 23:30 - Easy To Read Version The Levites stood every morning and gave thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this every evening. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They are also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening, American Standard Version (1901) and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even; Common English Bible They were to be present every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and to do the same every evening. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, the Levites shall stand to confess and to sing to the Lord, in the morning, and similarly in the evening, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like manner in the evening: |
They were responsible for putting the special bread on the table in the temple. They also were responsible for the flour, the grain offerings, and the bread made without yeast. They were also responsible for the baking pans and the mixed offerings. They did all the measuring.
The Levites prepared all the burnt offerings {\cf2\super [256]} to the Lord on the special days of rest, at the New Moon {\cf2\super [257]} celebrations, and at all the special holidays. They served before the Lord every day. There were special rules for how many Levites should serve each time.
4,000 Levites will be gatekeepers. And 4,000 Levites will be musicians. I made special musical instruments for them. They will use those instruments to praise the Lord.”
They stayed up all night guarding God’s temple. And they had the job of opening God’s temple every morning.
The Levites that were singers and leaders of their families stayed in the rooms at the temple. {\cf2\super [101]} They did not have to do other work because they were responsible for the work in the temple day and night.
The priests and Levites had been divided into groups and each group had its own special job to do. So King Hezekiah told these groups to begin doing their jobs again. So the priests and Levites again had the job of offering the burnt offerings {\cf2\super [381]} and the fellowship offerings. And they had the job of serving in the temple and singing and praising God by the doors to the Lord’s house. {\cf2\super [382]}
The people sang a new song before the throne and before the four living things and the elders. {\cf2\super [99]} The only people that could learn the new song were the 144,000 who had been redeemed (saved) from the earth. No one else could learn the song.